I clicked the button on my watch. Four minutes to midnight.

I pulled my bulky, dark jacket tighter around my shoulders. Very few nights did I get the opportunity to be free from a mission and have some time to myself. It would such a shame if someone recognized me and ruined it.

It was a cool, early fall night, and the sights and sounds of the city were far away from me. I had chosen a seclude...

Holly was running. Faster, faster, faster through the main deck of the ship and down past the oxygen tanks, bursting through the bunker doors and out into the blue-tinted hallway—

Holly skidded to a stop. “Hey!”

“We haven’t found the cell,” Kell called back, jogging towards Holly.

“Damn it,” Holly muttered. She tried to hide her shock. “You know what? I’m not giving up yet. We’re going to the ...

I gripped the oars tighter as I rowed towards the caves. The only sound was the gentle lapping of the dark water as my oars brushed against the surface. I glanced up at the moon, shining bright like cold fire in the midnight sky, and the thousands of millions of stars twinkling in constellations beside it.

I glanced back towards the far-away shore. The lanterns of the village had been extinguish...

I looked up from the letter in my hand. It was crinkled from the number of times I had picked it up and read it, over and over again, just to make sure it was real. The ink was smeared and fading, and the paper was thin and threatening to tear. Not completely unlike my sanity.

This whole thing still felt like a dream. So Celeste was alive. Funny how she mustered up enough decency to tell me. I d...