The cello played alone.

Low and haunting, it seeped up through the stone of her chamber floor, through the open windows, through the bones of the castle itself. It played like mourning. Like memory. Like a story the strings told only to the dark.

There was no fanfare. No invitation.

Just music spilled like candlewax from the ballroom windows, curling through garden paths like it had lost its...

They gave us a warning. they told us to leave our cities, our homes. They said it was their way of being reasonable, that we would be safe in Andreus, They gave us three days.

They Lied.

I walked for three days Through Marsuk, and Past Telebie. I did not stop to rest. I did not stop to grieve my losses. I was not the only one. I made it to the border of Andreus, A encampment of sorts had been s...

I don’t remember much.

I remember small fragments.

Not much to personality out of.

but I do remember some.

I remember the sunshine pouring through the leaves on the trees like it was physical.

I remember relishing in the rain.

I remember peaking from the closet in between the closet slats.

I remember heart pounding blood rushing.

I remember screaming so loud I could no longer hear myself...