Hardening of the Heart

by Beryl Mirage

How did Zakuro become the young woman she is? Born into aristocracy she is expected to uphold her family's values and traditions. However her life is anything but alluring. Busy parents and an arranged fate are only few of the problems she has to face. Learn how abandonment, rebellion, an unlikely friend and loss have shaped a demure child into a teen who estranged her family.

2. Chapter 2

EDIT 8/28/2014: Being rewritten, updated chapter will be re-uploaded at a later date.