And now, every time someone in Veridia City pawned their deepest wound—their first heartbreak, their father’s disappointment, their stillborn dream—it was Kaelen who felt it. A thousand lives of pain, flooding through the empty socket where his heart used to be.
He tried to scream. But the Pawnbroker had already pawned his voice to a collector of silences. xxxpawn
In the neon-drenched underbelly of Veridia City, there was a shop that didn't appear on any map. It existed in the wet gaps between alleys, behind a door that smelled of rust and regret. The sign above flickered: XXXPAWN . And now, every time someone in Veridia City