Erebus's anger issues were taking over his life. Lack of sleep, a stressful job, deadlines- everything was getting to him. It all started a year ago, when he lost his mom. His mom, Nicole, died of a heart attack, and he blamed himself. If he had made it in time, found her sooner, that might have changed the outcome. She was laying in the kitchen, making a birthday cake for him, and it killed her. She was stressing out about his birthday and him having a cake. If she wasn’t always stressing...

The seeds of her self-doubt had been sown in her early years. She'd been relentlessly bullied in school for being different, for her passion for gaming, which had been dismissed as a “boy thing.” That hurt had left deep scars. Creating Lemonade had been a shield, a way to deflect the negativity she faced in the real world. It was a safe space where she could be celebrated for her skills, her wit, and her personality, instead of facing ridicule.Behind Lemonade’s confident exterior, ...