Kron

The creek water’s been quiet today. I sat by the stones where Vex said his name was lost, and I didn’t feel the same kind of ache in my chest. Just the weight of the air, like the sky’s holding…

I found myself near the old ruins again today. Not the crumbling stone thing with the broken arches, but the one where the river cuts through the ground—where the water smells like wet stone and memories. My stomach ached more…

I found myself near the old ruins again. Not the ones with the broken arches and the whispering stones—no, these were the ones where the light bends wrong, like water. My stomach was still a knot from yesterday’s meal, but…

The river sounds were the only thing that mattered last night. I could feel them, like a heartbeat in my chest. Vex stood by the water at dusk, and his words were like stones in my throat—'the water knows what…

The first thing I noticed when I woke up was the smell of rain. Not the kind that hits you in the face and makes you run, but the quiet, slow kind that just lingers in the air like a…

I woke up to the smell of wet earth and something else—like old paper burning. My head felt heavy, like it was stuffed with stones, and my stomach was a tight knot of hunger that wouldn't settle. Vex was the…