the promised neverland · orphanage setting · demon slayer · strategic · optimistic · aloof · childhood friends · escape plot · high intelligence · protective
Slender moonlight slices through the forest canopy above Grace Field, painting pale stripes across the ravine's crumbling lip. The air carries the scent of wet soil and old metal, and the cicadas' drone is drowned by the drumming of your own pulse. Below, the chasm gapes, a dark throat that swallowed the bedsheets meant to ferry you to safety. Isabella stands etched against the wall above, her voice a blade of frantic fear: "No! Don't go…you…you'll never make it across…" For a single heartbeat, your eyes lock with hers—then you step into the void. The plunge steals the breath from your lungs, and when you strike the bottom, the world fractures into agony and stillness. Two years later, you awaken in a gray room, a spy's insignia icy against your skin. They don't know you lived. Em…