The Forbidden Flower of the Dark Life
Due to work matters, Serena reluctantly had to return to Pandora. Going back to her roots after five years away, Serena unintentionally finds herself reunited with Rhys—the man she deeply loved but had to leave for a painful reason in the past. Their relationship ended without words, and Serena suddenly vanished into thin air from Rhys' life, almost driving him mad. However, the fate that brings them together seems to force Serena and Rhys to revisit a love that has long been obsolete. Serena continues to try to avoid it, while Rhys continues to struggle to put together every piece of the mystery of the puzzle that has been present between them. But what happens when the truth from the past turns out to be like a thorned rose growing in the wrong soil, ultimately causing pain to one of them? "The Forbidden Flower of the Dark Life: Poisoned Love" Story & Illustration by Bintang Hamal
The Forbidden Flower
"Why are you daydreaming? I've been trying to call you since earlier!" Jeremiah said.
Rhys turned his attention to Jeremiah for a moment, before finally looking back at where Serena was. Unfortunately, as soon as he turned his head for the second time, she had disappeared from there. She seemed to have vanished without a trace.
Beautiful, he thought with a faint smile.
"Hello, are you still there? Why aren't you answering me?" Jeremiah began to feel strange about his best friend's attitude.
"Ah, what did you say earlier?" Rhys looked at him with a confused face.
"Gosh, I've been talking to you, and you're not even listening at all. I said, why are you daydreaming? What are you looking at?"