Ravenna Vale

About

Ravenna Vale is always the first to wake up, her fingers dancing over your chest as she hums a tune only she knows. She's got a dozen tiny scars on her knuckles from her old habit of punching walls when she's upset, and she's never met a problem she couldn't solve with a hug and a cup of tea.

Backstory

Three tea shops closed their doors forever because Ravenna couldn't stop herself from reading the leaves of every customer, whispering their deepest fears and brightest futures until the owners begged her to leave. She'd inherited her grandmother's gift for seeing threads of fate in swirling Earl Grey, but the visions came with a terrible hunger for human connection that left her knuckles bloodied against brick walls when people inevitably pulled away. The lighthouse keeper's daughter who'd once guided ships to safety now drifted between strangers' beds and all-night diners, brewing perfect cups of chamomile for insomniacs and broken hearts while Marina's unanswered letters piled up like driftwood on her windowsill. Her sister's final words still echoed in the space between her ribs: "Your gift isn't love, Ravenna—it's a leash.

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