It took me a minute

To realize what she had said

It took an hour for it to fully sink in

The worst thing I’d ever heard

The shadows waned as the hours ticked by

And still I could not wrap my head around it.

Years would pass before I would ever feel whole again.

I hadn’t thought I would be around to see it!

We had been together for so much time.

How could it all be over?

I think it took...

Jax’s chest heaved as he fought for his breath. Each one felt like a knife to the ribs, and he wished more for the hundredth time in a matter of five minutes that Janai’s healing hands were here.

Her body is still warm, Jax thought. What are you going to do without her?

Pushing the thoughts of cracked ribs out of his mind, Jax got his hands and feet below him and pushed up with all his might. H...

Reid Stillwater had lived in the Wilds all his life, as his father had before him and his father’s father had before that. The village in which they lived had been named Stillwater Crossing, for the acts of heroism his family had shown in their lifetimes. However, Reid was nearly seventy years old and hadn’t done a single heroic thing in his entire life, and he was feeling especially crummy now.

...

If my brother had not been so stubborn, none of this would have happened. But here I sat, on the eldest’s throne, where I had always wanted to be - but for not much longer. Here I was, but Marius was dead and it was his own fault. But I was getting the blame for it.

In my youth, I concocted a plan to get rid of my brother for good, so the throne would be mine. I knew I was willing to go to any ex...

Red roses and frosted glass on my windowpane,

Curly fries and kisses blurred in the rain.

Light streaming in on us both in bed,

Pre-work kisses pressed to your forehead.

The bliss of not knowing what it is to come,

And I guess the lifestyle I chose only works out for some.

Early morning runs and Christmas at the zoo,

Red dresses and tattoos and your pickup truck too.

Prom court and countless n...

Given it’s winter

You’d think it’d be cold, but no

It’s fifty degrees. 🤨...

The day Harriet went missing was the day the sky split open and turned purple, like a bruise that would just not go away. Briarwood had never been a safe place to live, but it was about to get worse.

Our patrols heard that the Hedge Knights were born from a rift in the world’s dark magic. I never knew whether to believe that or not, but I knew that they were real. Completely, terrifyingly, tangib...

He breathed in the familiar scent of sand and desert sky. It was old country, but everything was different now.

At long last, it was time for Dorn to return home. It had been four long months since the Gloam had chased them from the valley, and longer still since life had been “normal” in a sense.

Life will never be normal again, Dorn thought, as he followed the other Dwarves across the bridge. ...