The cover has been sitting around collecting dust for over a month now, but unfortunately the fanfic still isn’t ready for various reasons. However, I’m sure that if Duck knows people are waiting for it, the chances of us getting another wonderful Sussie story from the great Duck will increase.

Fanfic description:
An act of defiance is, in essence, rebelling against the world and its intrinsic laws, making the impossible possible. To look the world in the eyes and deny it.

But…

In a certain way, it can also be a betrayal. Betraying oneself, betraying those you love for completely selfish reasons.

Manipulation—that is what Cassie had been doing for a long time; not even those closest to her were completely safe from her intricate plans.

It had been a long time since her humanity seemed further and further away. Each time, she was more a collection of ideas and memories than the sweet girl she had been at some point in her confused existence. The fine line between the human and something more was growing thinner.

Pain, happiness, sadness, pleasure, nostalgia, anger, and many more emotions were what she experienced day by day.

But none of them were hers.

She was a perpetual spectator of what belonged to others. Incapable of experiencing any of it for herself.

The vacuum within her wouldn't let her; it wasn't just mental gaps. A part of her had been snatched away after the third nightmare, something important enough to destabilize the very foundations of her existence.

Peaceful days were the worst, sitting to contemplate her incomplete self.
Then one day it happened; it was a small slip, something that never should have occurred…

From then on, her fading humanity forced her to take desperate measures; she yearned to have everything she lacked and to fill that void within her.
She desired more than she had. She wanted to be loved more…

And that led her to a drastic decision.