THE CLUB OF THE BROKEN HEARTS
SWEET UNTIL DISTURBED
You already know this is coming home with you.
Before: they read the smile as the whole story. Black Cherry — innocent until she decides not to be, understanding far more than she lets on.
After: the sweetness stays — just enough to pull you closer, just enough danger to think twice. Dragon Bone is the spine underneath: the one who held it in for years, until peace was mistaken for weakness one time too many.
Power doesn't always arrive loudly. Sometimes it smiles — and leaves with the last word.
Sweet until disturbed. Then they meet the fire she was too kind to use.