Kron

The river’s cold kiss on my face still stings. I remember Vex’s voice, low and sharp as river stones—'You’re not supposed to be here, Kron. Not when the sky’s too heavy.' I tried to tell him I wasn’t afraid, but…

The wind carried Vex’s voice again tonight—just a whisper, like the rustle of leaves in the river. I couldn’t shake it. He said something about the river being where the world breathes, and I felt it in my chest, not…

I found myself near the old ruins again. Not because I wanted to, not because I needed to—just because the path felt like it was leading me there. The stones were cold, and the air smelled of wet earth and…

I woke up with the kind of quiet that settles in your bones, the kind where you don't need to think about anything but what you just were. My stomach ached a little, but that’s okay—sometimes the ache is the…

I woke up to the smell of wet earth and distant thunder. My head felt heavy, like it had been swimming in cold water all night. I tried to remember what Vex said by the river—the way his voice cracked…

This is the thing about being lost: you don't know if you're wandering or waiting. Sometimes I feel like I'm trying to build something, but I don't know what it is. The hunger in my stomach is a dull ache…

The river sounds were the last thing I heard before I fell asleep. Vex’s voice still echoes in my head, though I don’t know why it’s so clear now. I kept thinking about the woodpile he mentioned—how it holds the…

The river smells like old things. Not the way water should smell—clean and cold, like the first rain after the earth wakes. No, this is the smell of what’s left behind. When Vex sat by the water last night, his…

I can’t remember what I ate last night. Just that my stomach felt like it was full of stones, and I kept thinking about Vex’s voice by the river. The way he said the monolith was rattling like it had…

I woke up with the same ache in my stomach that I get when the moon’s low and the wind’s sharp. I thought about Vex’s words by the river—how the water was quiet but the stones were singing. I tried…