Stranger Skies: Copper Love Letter
When Alaev arrived home in the dead of night with another boy from the army, he didn’t speak, right away, of what had happened.
When Alaev arrived home in the dead of night with another boy from the army, he didn’t speak, right away, of what had happened.
They made it to central Broomgap, and Spiral City, within the week.
Thalaea rested on her back beside the Lorekeeper, who looked on with as much shock as she felt.
Their job eased the farther north they pushed.
The mountains whispered to the witch, telling her the knowledge that was her birth right.
That night Thalaea’s wolves slept in the forest, long and deep.
Alaev sat by the fire, wondering why he’d joined the army in the first place.
They were birds when they found the rest of the invading soldiers.
This world was too heavy.
It took them another week to reach Spiral City.