To end this chain of sorrow is her oath. But Pieta, if she should end despair, must destroy their sorrow and power both. FULL MOON So named are they who might aid in the dare. But though this “Stephanie” shares their ringed eyes, who can trust girls in a shadowy lair? The end of despair...Overcoming Dilemmas once and for all...Pieta and company could use every bit of help they can get on their quest. But when a mysterious girl named Stephanie introduces herself as the leader of Full Moon, a group with similar goals, suspicion keeps them from accepting her offer. After all, they can’t put their faith in just anyone who comes along, no matter what they might have in common. One way or another, though, they will find themselves fighting with Full Moon—be it face-to-face, or side by side... It’s not just us. I’ve seen one more person with these eyes. Syzygy Sorrow Rain Clock Rich Eyes Group Moon Hair Piano

Pieta, a normal girl, leads a normal, uneventful life in a world of constant black rain. As the rain pours down, like it always does, she takes her usual route to school and has a pleasant conversation with her friend Danae. This is what every day is like for Pieta, and she takes a sort of everyday satisfaction from her totally normal life. But then her typical, pleasant conversation with Danae...doesn’t happen. “Why...?! Why can I remember...yesterday’s today?!!”

Pieta has sworn to put an end to the mysterious chain of sorrow which afflicts her and her friends, even if it means destroying the source of her powers. That puts her face to face with a girl named Stephanie and a group, called Full Moon, which seeks to oppose all such abilities. Can the girls trust their new acquaintance? Nike's exclamation hangs in the air: "Her eyes are just like ours!"

THIS IS THE WORK OF A WITCH. SHE HAS THE JOY I WANT, SO I’M TAKING IT FROM HER! Her double dealt with, Pieta has willed her way to a new tomorrow. With a bounce in her step, she splashes through sidewalk puddles, but mysteries still creep in damp alley ways...Her flames reduce the world to ash. People, possessions, joy―all ash. Her envy, fuel. Her world, all ash.

A shadow strikes, and Pieta plunges into the darkness of despair! Will she manage to recover her memories? Or is her life as good as lost, and her newest and closest friends forfeit!?

Why, oh why, oh why do you do what you do? “I want to make it to tomorrow!” Danae, Chiaro, Leona, Nike... Pieta’s circle grows and grows. Every day is a fun one—until she commits to breaking the cycle... Down...a black rain falls. Tock tick, the clock stalls. Pity, holy rain, and light never will concede their fight. Yet with each hour stalked by sorrow, could even lions conquer tomorrow? Rain Mall Shadow Coffee Assassin Fashion Arcade Friend Repetition Bullet Gift Loss

A selection of texts by Elizabeth Gaskell, accompanied by annotations. It brings together Gaskell academics to provide readers with scholarship on her work and seeks to bring the crusading spirit and genius of the writer into the 21st century to take her place as a major Victorian writer.