The Dark Goddess
I stared at the enchanted ceiling of my bedroom, watching the stars and planets swirl and soar above me. Though the visual always comforted me, I knew I wasn’t going to fall asleep that night.
I stared at the enchanted ceiling of my bedroom, watching the stars and planets swirl and soar above me. Though the visual always comforted me, I knew I wasn’t going to fall asleep that night.
Closing my diary, I smiled at the memory of how I had not only found my best friend, but that it turned out she held a missing piece of me.
Taking a deep breath, knowing that once again, my feelings were impeding my duty. Duty, duty, duty, I thought to myself as I turned to fly back to the room.
“You think your honesty has led you to the truth? No! Nike, you have been on the wrong side of valor.”
I was back in the blown-up building, and I realized the building across from me was not only my home, but my family was inside.
I Swear this oath upon the ‘River of Promise’, that her four Children shall dwell in my house and that I will care for them for always.
Blood streaked across her pale arms, dripping into the hungry mouths of a tightly packed hill of snakes