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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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…Yet, amidst this suffocating grayness, there was a flicker of crimson. It was a secret comfort, a silent promise whispered in the dead of night. Vlad. He was there, a steadfast sentinel in the shadows, his presence a balm to my bruised spirit. He didn't speak in words, not in the way humans do, but in feelings, in a gentle pressure against my mind, a warmth that spread through me like slow-burning embers. He showed me how to find the cracks in the walls, the slivers of light that promised a different existence. One evening, the usual storm of my parents’ arguments escalated to a new