It started with the blazing sun and ended with the first snow. A bittersweet conclusion for a once glorious passion. My foresight had been blinded by their smile in a truly unfortunate accident. I should have listened to the whispers that said it wasn’t meant to be. A large gulp of amaranthine wine brought no comfort from the pain.

Perhaps, in a depressing way, it could be seen as a learning expe...

The icy wind bit at my limbs, it’s howl piercing in the silence. Feet and hands have long lost their feeling, frostbite and hyperthermia likely settling into a new home; me. I’d been walking for hours, forcing myself forward for the sake of the person on my back. For the sake of our kingdom.

Someone needed to be there for our people.

That is what I had told my husband when he insisted on joini...

A knock on my apartment door startled me awake, causing me to fall from the couch where I’d been sleeping. The TV was on, playing a cooking show that made my stomach grumble. Sadly, the TV was loud enough that, in my thin-walled apartment, the person at the door would know I was here.

Glancing at the time on my way to the door, I paused. staring blankly at the time I reconsidered opening the doo...