The Forfeited Verse To pass the time while their parents spends the night at the hospital, a teenage girl tells her young cousin a story. It begins with a boy named Pruedence, a forced school transfer, and a grumpy boy who absolutely detested him—for a reason he couldn't comprehend. It’s a story about high-stakes competition where winning meant losing everything. But as the bedtime story nears its end, a shocking connection emerges.

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