“No no no!” Gracie shouted. “Not again! I can’t lose someone again!”

For the first time, Willa looked at Gracie with a bitter stare, but Gracie didn’t understand. Where was all of this coming from? Was she living in the Twilight Zone? Why now? Why her?

Willa felt the sting in her chest as she said the words, “You lied to _me_.” Her face felt hot. “Me! The one you claim to be your sister! How cou...

It hurts me to write this

But I know what I need to do

Cause if I don’t

I don’t say it

I might not ever let go of you

They told me what love was like

And I experienced it for a moment

For a moment I felt loved

And I knew what it was like to be in love

I have no clue how late I was up

After everything we did

I was still talking to you

I couldn’t fall asleep

And the smile never faded

I knew there...

So here we are

You finally graduated high school

But let’s be so real

In a year from now it’ll hardly matter

We glamorize doing the bare minimum

We celebrate the last moments as a child

But the day after is the real world

And I promise you

That they’ll eat you alive

They’ll drain your spirit

Remove the stars from your eyes

They kill the dreamers

Just for fun

But I’m not saying don’t continue on...

It was love at first sight

Or so I thought

It should’ve activated fight or flight

I didn’t do what I ought

With her blood on my hands

Thinking I was the only one

But I can easily see where you stand

And you had just as much fun

Sure I’m not entirely innocent

And I shouldn’t have played the game

But you also put in your two cents

You and I are guilty just the same

I wish I saw it sooner

As ...

Lyra POV

I glared long and hard at the note that Quilt Head sent. They wanted to meet face to face finally. They said that they’d tell me everything and stop their killing spree. Of course, that was an obvious lie. I was told to go alone, with no phone, and to not alert the authorities. A classic move from criminals.

It’s not like the police want to help anyways. It took a group of college stud...

As you disappeared

And fell out of my fingertips

I thought I broke

Turning to ash and nothing more

That I’d never get back to her

If only that girl knew

With the pigtail braids

And the bangs

That it was a phoenix

Rising through

That I was becoming someone even better and new

So then it became a whip

One that changed everything

It was time for me to change

I thought I was the villain

Or even ...