Wingless Butterflies Chasing Shadows

Ruby was cold and unfeeling, an exact image of the life she was born into. Her tongue was depraved and thoughts corrupt. Some even speculated whether she was actually human. But Ruby was more human than she would have people believe.

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Dominic was privileged and humble and the pinnacle of life in America was where he laid his head at night. Dominic was a cliché; a nobody and somebody at the same time with too much to smile about and nothing worth caring about. Then he met Ruby.