❝ Nature doesn't give us choices, it gives us chances. ❞

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2012 wasn't a good year for anyone. Not for New York, and most certainly not for the man who caused the invasion of the American state. Still, the fates decided which way the clock would turn on this Monday. A second chance isn't always a choice. Sometimes it comes in the form of a person you once knew.

Nature gave nobody a choice in life, but life gave him the option to live. And that became his condemnation. 

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Born from nature herself, Pandora Laureldottir has no family other than the tree that stands proud on the edge of Mystic Falls, Virginia. Over the past thousand years, she's found herself toeing the line between normality and narcissism. Who could blame her? Having Niklaus Mikaelson as a best friend wouldn't do any good, but he's the only one she has. It goes both ways, leaving both of them crawling back to each other time and time again. In the end, she would stand by his side, no matter the cost.

Yet she finds herself longing for more than a best friend.

Born on the ice planet of Jotunheim, Loki Laufeyson doesn't know who his real family is. Always a shadow in his brother's mighty footsteps, he's found himself teetering off into the abyss for the past thousand or so years. Everyone blamed him. An attempted takeover of a planet hasn't done him any good. Quite the opposite, really. Still, there are things that binds him to Midgard in a way he could never imagine. What could the push and pull of bustling city life mean to a broken, grieving prince? The cost of staying is too high.

Yet he finds himself wishing he could linger a bit longer.

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