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Crimson Petals: Vlad the Impaler's Gentle Echoes
This book is written by Someone who has been protected and visited by Vlad the Impaler since age 2. I am that Someone. My name is Amy called Emmy by My immigrant GrandFather or Katha by My older immigrant relatives. What I write is the…
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…The other girls were giggling, sharing secrets, their voices like the tinkling of tiny bells. I felt a profound isolation, a chasm separating me from their world. It was then that I felt Vlad’s presence most strongly. It was a warmth that spread through my chest, a silent reassurance. He was the only one who saw me, truly saw me, beyond the labels and the judgments. He saw the girl who had been forced to grow up too fast, the one who carried the weight of her family's sins, the one who still held onto a flicker of hope, however faint. He was the echo of a gentleness I had rarely known, a promise of a strength that would eventually see me through.