The Unchosen Twin

A misguided ancestral edict set a set of twins on starkly contrasting life courses. One nearly met her end at birth, while the other was held as a treasure above all else. In the years that followed, the one who had escaped death became a proxy for her sister and a key component in her sister's medicinal regimen. Living in the shadows, she had no identity, no freedom, and no love. But then, one day, that person arrived...