
There was a village tucked between silver hills and golden winds. The villagers called it Light Trance — where the air was calm, the streets quiet, and the people kind.
But kindness never reached one small, crooked house at the edge of the village.
In that house lived a girl named Elara — and her world was nothing like the name of the village.
She was told her parents had died when she was just a baby.187Please respect copyright.PENANAgeK4Q4MgAg
She was never told how. She was never told why.187Please respect copyright.PENANAy9pd0LxFsI
And for some reason, buried deep in her heart, she never dared to ask.
Maybe she feared the answer.187Please respect copyright.PENANAp2zsOaj2YM
Maybe she already knew the truth was hidden for a reason.
She had lived seventeen years in silence, raised by a woman who never offered warmth — her aunt, a face of stone and bitterness. Alongside her lived a cousin — the daughter her aunt adored. Smart, graceful, and glowing with privilege.
But Elara was different.187Please respect copyright.PENANAzf0KiymbtX
Not by choice — by fate.
With her soft brown hair, ocean-blue eyes, and gentle spirit, she was beautiful in a way that made people uneasy.187Please respect copyright.PENANA3RtNae57Ax
She was thoughtful, capable, quiet — and for that, they hated her.
Her aunt gave her the hardest chores.187Please respect copyright.PENANApKQdvu2hdv
Cleaning every inch of the house.187Please respect copyright.PENANAtDX7KT4Nsr
Cooking meals she’d never eat.187Please respect copyright.PENANANgDlAKGYzL
Washing clothes, caring for plants, doing all the work… while never being thanked.
And yet, she did it. Not with joy — but with silent strength.
What hurt the most, though, wasn’t the work.187Please respect copyright.PENANAAndYDWUHmm
It was the loneliness.
At night, when her work was done and the world went quiet, Elara would lie on the flat rooftop beneath the stars — her only comfort. The stone beneath her was rough and cold, and so was the ache in her heart.
There, she would watch her aunt braid her cousin’s hair.187Please respect copyright.PENANAc7OI2JDLdM
She’d hear soft laughter, see the warm plate of food passed lovingly from mother to daughter.187Please respect copyright.PENANAMo17DzNYqW
She’d remember the way her cousin leaned into her aunt’s arms, safe and full of joy.
And Elara would turn her face to the sky... and wish.
“If I had a mother… would she have smiled at me like that?”187Please respect copyright.PENANAvCeLHKCPUt
“Would she have combed my hair, fed me with her hands, kissed my forehead at night?”
“Would she have called me her light?”
Tears often fell silently, soaking into the rooftop stone.
Because no one ever came looking for her.187Please respect copyright.PENANAK2MBC0xwCS
No one called her name with love.187Please respect copyright.PENANAunWA7k0Hcz
No one waited for her return from the well.
And even though she was brave — braver than anyone realized — some nights, Elara wished she could disappear.187Please respect copyright.PENANASD5OTibsSt
Not because she wanted to die.187Please respect copyright.PENANAghtc874dgJ
But because she didn’t know how to live without love.
Still… she got up every morning.187Please respect copyright.PENANAscNXAwG6aS
Still… she did her chores.187Please respect copyright.PENANAGad395ITKT
Still… she carried her heart like a broken cup, spilling silently… but never shattering.
Having such wishes and difficulties she was happy because there was somebody who take cares of her wishes and love and was----
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