No Gods
Lady Blackmour
"Twelve minutes gone, and I'm still alive.
Who would've thought that we would survive?
With all lines repeating, and nothing rehearsed,
I feel so stupid. I feel I'm cursed.
I don't wanna think anymore.
I don't wanna think anymore.
No gods could be this cruel to me."
-Seven Nations
He watched the reunion silently. The man's eyes flitted to Aerith's face briefly, and then back down to the floor again, as if he were ashamed. Perhaps he was. At any rate, the point was moot. She bent down gently, forcing him to look up, catching his eyes and drawing his gaze from the floor. And then she smiled, an
Falling Into Grace: Prologue by LadyBlackmour, literature
Literature
Falling Into Grace: Prologue
Falling Into Grace
"And I am falling into grace,
to the unknown, to where you are."
-Lifehouse
Even a mechanical horse could wear down if ridden too hard. He knew this. And that was why, even as he kicked his heels harder into the horse's sides, he thought of what he would do if the horse broke down.
There was no way he would be able to keep up with his game on foot, not even him. It was fast, amazingly fast. This chase would be lost. He'd have to start again tomorrow, with a new horse. As he urged the beast even faster, he pondered where would be the nearest place he could purchase a new mount.
Falling Into Grace: Chapter 1 by LadyBlackmour, literature
Literature
Falling Into Grace: Chapter 1
Falling Into Grace
Chapter 1
"I recognize the way you make me feel.
It's hard to think that you might not be real."
-Michelle Branch
Aéllanwen jerked suddenly awake, confused, troubled by her dream. For a moment she merely stared at the elegantly carved ceiling of her bed chamber, trying to slow her breathing, and to soothe the erratic beating of her heart. When she was reasonably calm, she got up and moved to the window, pausing briefly to catch up her dressing gown against the chill before she went out on the balcony. The cold autumn night air brought her even more fully awake, chasing the last vestiges of sleep from her