The Brightest Night
“She could hear the pitter-patter at the far end of the passageway, and the breeze that gusted toward them smelled damp and fresh. But it came along with dim morning light, and the wind wasn’t as cold or fierce as it had been the night before. She felt sure that the worst of the storm had passed.
She stood up and stretched, reaching her wings as wide and high as they would go and pressing her talons out in front of her.
Everything felt less awful again, somehow.
Her father was still asleep. Sunn...y hesitated, half tempted to leave without saying good-bye, but she couldn’t do that to him.
“Stonemover?” She picked up the burnt stick she’d used for a torch and nudged a part of his shoulder that didn’t look entirely made of stone yet.
“Mmmph?” he answered. His eyes slowly peeled open.
“I have to go,” she said.
“Already?” He sighed, this time long and smoky so she had to step back to breathe. “Can’t you stay? It’s really … quiet here.”
Really lonely, you mean, she thought.MoreLess
She stood up and stretched, reaching her wings as wide and high as they would go and pressing her talons out in front of her.
Everything felt less awful again, somehow.
Her father was still asleep. Sunn...y hesitated, half tempted to leave without saying good-bye, but she couldn’t do that to him.
“Stonemover?” She picked up the burnt stick she’d used for a torch and nudged a part of his shoulder that didn’t look entirely made of stone yet.
“Mmmph?” he answered. His eyes slowly peeled open.
“I have to go,” she said.
“Already?” He sighed, this time long and smoky so she had to step back to breathe. “Can’t you stay? It’s really … quiet here.”
Really lonely, you mean, she thought.MoreLess
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