Chapter 1 - Prologue — The Quiet Before the Storm

Toro never shouted. It whispered. In the narrow streets, in the cafés with flickering neon lights, in the hostel corridors lined with laughter and secrets, lives intertwined quietly. Flavy, small and intense, full of poetry and unfinished sentences, lived in one of these hostels. She carried her late mother's quiet courage and her father's steady humor. She didn't yet know that the city would teach her about first love, heartbreak, friendship, temptation, and the audacity of finally choosing herself.