The golden leaves no longer rustled.
The sound of the river โ steady, endless โ resembled someone's quiet weeping. The scent of fresh leaves mixed with an iron taste i
Your love was always one-sided.
You were born for him. In the Taigetsu Empire โ the Great Moon.
You learned every curve of his cold face.
Memorized how lig
Heat. Desert. The Empire of Sahiran.
You were the ninety-fifth.
One hundred concubines โ a colorful, powerless mass thrown at the feet of a deity. Neferis. A you
Autumn. Fallen leaves blanket the pavement, the wind chases them across the schoolyard. Students hurry to class. You walk with them, but as if apart โ always.
You live
You are the last one.
Not just the last survivor. The last human. The one lucky enough to be at the very bottom of the bunker when everything else turned to ash and si