“It’s just fear, I tell myself. It’s just fear making me panic. And it’s spread through my friends. I see the horror on their faces and see that fear reflected in my own. I cannot be afraid. I’ve spent too long being afraid. Too long being diminished by loss. Too long being everything except what I need to be. And whether I am the Reaper, or whether it’s just another mask, it’s one I must wear, not just for them, but for myself.”
In this science fiction novel, the story unfolds in a world that has been reshaped by a series of catastrophic events. The protagonist is caught in the midst of a power struggle, facing moral dilemmas and political intrigue as they strive to find their place in a world that is both familiar and alien. more
“you loved without words and you left without words”
“I'm wearing your clothes as if they were you.”
“you knew that you were capable of dying when all you really wanted was to live.”
“I lay wounded in the darkness after you.”
“I wish I could have been the weight between you and the vastest amount of air.”
“how could this act of freeing yourself feel so stuck in my body”