Unraveling A Twisted Marriage

years

ospheric tracks topped charts worldwide. His concerts were legendary, immer

the man who

name. My new name was Nyx. I was a ghost, a digital artist who created

d it with a flick of my finger. The scars on my back and arms from the fire had mostly faded, tha

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ut started shuttin

bother a celebrity like him. He was already there, tucked into a corner

across from him. "Thi

were a startlingly bright blue. "Everything I do i

ble. "A little thank you for the la

surdly expensive. I slid the box back to

ood turning serious. "Look, I need you for the new album. Not just the videos. The whole aesthetic

tep up, a move from the shad

e?" I

et it. Your work has a soul. It's dark and beaut

ent it to dozens of production houses. All of them rejected it. But Eddie's manager had passed it on to him, and he had se

it," I said, starting t

ly covered mine on the table, a warm, solid weight. The request felt like more than a frien

and away. "I

back. As I pushed open the door to leave, a man in

I murmured, s

It was deep, familiar, and it se

up. It wa

been there before. He didn't recognize me. My face was different now-new nose, sharper jawline, a constellation of freckl

nd walked out into the street, my heart hammering against my ribs. I didn't look back, bu