The bus rattled, its engines having been used for decades. Much like it, its surroundings clung to an older time. Most of the town really looked old, rusty and rural. It would not be an issue for it to be that way… if it weren't for the fact that its…
There he was again. Like a hawk, in any public place she went, he was there. At the opposite sidewalk, roaming the same store, her apartment complex... She could only avoid him inside her own home. In any other case, she would have already filed a case against him, asked…
No matter how for how long he dwelt in the darkness, he could not evade it. Non-present, yet hauntingly omniscient and piercing. He could not stop seeing those beautiful eyes, no matter if his own green ones were closed. No matter how much he cowered against the cold stone wall…
“Isn’t it… beautiful?” For the first time, her eyes were not glancing around her in fearful dread. The moon shined above her, painting the sky with its white hues and brightness. The stars, before so hidden, were twinkling weakly but insistently behind the darkness that surrounded them. A vision so…
It was always like peering through a window. He could only see and hear, the words and actions of the strangers. But they would never be foreign for long. As always, the play would end, in the course of one or multiple nights. And the barrier that would keep him…
The sun bathed the hills, giving the green grass a golden hue. Only the faint murmur of the townspeople broke the tranquility. The village was peaceful, secure under the castle high above in the cliffs. The roads were safe, always traversed by merchants and farmers. Though today, one could not…
“Mother, please! We can spare a squad! We must-!” “Silence!” The queen stood from her throne strongly, tired of the words of her daughter. “We shall not surrender any troops to rescue one single knight! I commend the loyalty he showed by shielding you, but a rescue is not viable.…
At that moment, everyone stood frozen for a second. They could not move below the huge shadow that grew over them. They felt a cold shiver, even though the air became warmer. All eyes laid onto those glittering scales, unending as they looked slowly up. Their bodies tensed even more,…
“It’s a dead end!” “What?! No, no way! We just came from here! Two streets, we did not make any consequent turns to be back here!” “Maybe… maybe it is another closed alley.” Bidane and the others watched the crowds move through the streets, back and forth, like mice in…
She could not feel any worse. She clenched her fist, the sight of the stormy sky only making her feel angrier. It was a horrible day, both figuratively and literally. Her father called, and grounded her. The school had called him during work for her missed attendance, giving away her…