Marron’s tired gaze bore through the hooded figure, “Don’t worry about that, How much?”

The hooded one was silent for a moment, staring into the bag before reaching into their cloak and pulling out a sack of gold. “I’ll give you everything I got for it- these things… well they’re hard to come by.”

She takes the sack of gold but shakes her head, “Worth more than this…” She mutters irritably. He...

An inky black sky

And a mocking moon

The night is never ending

Footsteps of a creature unseen

Behind or ahead

It’s not safe, stop pretending

In the forest

Or on the street

The predators are lurking

Hunting for their prey

The moon cannot save

It’s light is not enough

The night is their domain...

**The music plays through our kitchen in the early morning and we can’t help but sing along together. I dance around silly and he laughs. It’s peaceful. Perfect. It feels like him and I are exactly where we’re ment to be. In this kitchen, in this moment, together. As the song ends he tells me that he loves me. I don’t just hear it, I can feel it as he says those words and my heart gallops as I tel...