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There is so much of the past lost to time.  So many stories that depend entirely on who is telling them.

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Fire needs air to live. Air fuels fire, stokes it, and makes it burn brighter and hotter than it ever could alone. But too much air will snuff it completely, just as too many flames will consume all the air. They are far greater than the sum of their parts together, but are equally as dangerous to each other’s existence.

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Each leap backward of her body — a movement like the tidal tug of the sea against the river — led to a violent slam as Merik snatched her back against him. For each leap and slam, the girl added in an extra flourishing beat with her heels. Another challenge that Merik had never seen, yet rose to, rose above. Wind crashed around them like a growing hurricane, and he and this girl were at its eye.

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“I’m sorry,” Kullen croaked.

And Merik wanted to say the same thing.  Never had he wanted anything more.  Kullen was here.  He was alive.  And there was so much Merik needed to apologize for.

But the ice had covered Merik’s mouth now, and all he could do in that moment was blink - again and again, fluttering away thick tears building on his cheeks.

“I’m sorry,” Kullen said once more.  “The raiders made it into the mountain.”

Then the ice covered Merik’s tears.  The ice covered Merik’s eyes.

Come, come, and face the end.

Merik and Kullen slept.

— Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard

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May your life, and reign, be one of light.

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And I truly wanted to keep you from pain.

air awakens / elise kova

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— Air Awakens by Elise Kova