A cool summer’s breeze carries with it something quite unexpected, a voice which calls me by a name I have not heard in centuries. As I turn, I am hit by a wave of pure magic that blows me off my feet and sends me hurling backward. Normally, I am immune to the effects of magic but my assailant somehow knows my birth name.
I lay on the ground powerless as a figure steps from the shadows. My sister, thought to be long dead, has come to take the throne.
It wasn’t until Pauline slipped on a patch of black ice and suffered massive head trauma that she discovered the truth that we, everyone of us, were all blessed or cursed with a destiny, a role that must be fulfilled as part of the grand design of the universe. The fall unlocked a memory of being visited at a very young age by her guardian angel, who whispered her path into her tiny ear before pressing its genderless lips to her forehead, thus sealing her fate.
“Gettin’ yersel’ a good education an’ havin’ a career is fine an’ all, but yer real purpose in life ista find yer udder half,” her sin-seanmháthair said.
“And I need this other half, do I, Nana? And what do you reckon happens to the half my supposed soulmate has no interest in, that he considers to be less than?” Niamh hadn’t meant to snap at her great-grandmother like that but her personal goals had always been so much grander than rushing into a relationship for fear of being alone. She wanted to be a full person, complete within herself and she refused to have half herself wither from neglect.
How long had it been since the Beginning? Maddox wondered as he watched the spool of space an time uncoil all the way. He could see the end of everything. It was so very sharp and clear. And as the expansion halted, entropy began its descension.
Of course, this was all from his limited point of view for the universe wasn’t coming to an end, he was.
Despite the doctors best efforts, Karl’s condition grew worse and his parents made every effort to make his remaining days as comfortable as possible. Even his imaginary friend, King Koda, took a leave of absence from his ethereal kingdom to offer much needed sympathy and support.
Little did the boy know that Koda was actually waiting for Karl’s soul to depart his frail body so that the illusory king could wear his flesh and take his turn in life as a real human boy.
It began oh so small, as most personal tragedies do, with a white lie sprinkled here and there, not to spare anyone’s feelings but simply because Chelsea couldn’t be bothered explaining herself and her peculiarities to those around her.
Now, all these years later, a lifetime of tiny deceits, petty deceptions and random, unnecessary acts of selfishness slowly inched her so far afield from the good person she foolishly imagined she was that Chelsea could no longer spot the path back to being a better or even halfway decent human being.
After watching Helena from afar, it became apparent that his wife’s obsession with finishing up the baby’s room had fully consumed her, even months after the miscarriage, and it broke every strand of Jefferson’s heart.
Lorna leaned in and slapped me hard across the face. A bump of adrenaline plowed through my system. Then she laced her fingers around my throat and squeezed. I knew I was going to experience reality shifting beneath my feet again, and there was no denying the thrill.
On the day she officially became a teenager, Annie’s thoughts turned sideways, her mind becoming awkwardly misshapen and filled with fury by the weight of her family and even that of the entire world limiting her, forcing her towards impulsively terrible actions.
Royce Ashbernham was a prominent man when he married Isadore Belmont and they were happy until the day he discovered she had been cheating with his cousin and it destroyed him to the core of his being.
Many years down the line, Isadore ran into Royce and was shocked to see he was homeless and begging for money on the street. The regret in her throat was like dropping something precious and watching it fall.
She pledged to help him get back on his feet again and while her attention was diverted, Royce allowed himself a sly smile. The first stage of his revenge was going swimmingly.
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