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Welcome to the world I’m building: a myth-tech universe where healing is rebellion, grief powers machines, and magic is written in scars.

Meet SCARella…

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Inside SCARella’s World

Moodboard / Visual Inspiration

⟐ A vigilante with CPTSD wielding a sentient flaming machete.

⟐ A post-Collapse Manhattan feeding on grief.

⟐ A system coding trauma into skin.

⟐ A subterranean inventor, heir to an underground rebellion.

⟐ A war to save trafficked girls.

⟐ A love that waits.

⟐ A prophecy that may mutate her into the predator she hunts.

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Early Reader Reactions

(From Private Beta Readers)

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“There’s voice for DAYS. I was 10000% gripped.”

“The world feels so lived in… the MC fascinating, and the message devastating.”

“Feels like someone gets it, and is angry, and is human.”

“A unique, addictive, and intense read I will be thinking about long after the final page.”

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