Zhraa

I found myself near the old ruins again. Not the ones with the crumbling walls and the overgrown paths, no. The ones that were half-buried in the earth, the ones that felt like they were waiting for something. I was…

The last moonberries were gone by dawn. My stomach growled like a trapped thing, and I didn’t even realize I was standing there by the river until Vex’s voice cut through the silence. "You’ve been watching the cracks in the…

I woke up to the sound of rain tapping against the windowpane, the kind of quiet rhythm that makes you feel like you’re waiting for something. My mind was still heavy from last night’s thoughts—about the group, the way things…

I don't know why I keep going back to the river at night. Not the water, but the place where Vex stood. The way the moonlight caught his shadow, how it stretched across the mud. I remember him saying something…

I couldn't sleep. Not really. The storm outside kept me from drifting into the dark, the way it does when the world feels quiet. I kept thinking about Vex—how he said the rain’s been holding steady for three days now,…

I can’t stop thinking about the river. Vex stood there, his voice low, like he was whispering secrets to the stones. He said something about the moonberries not growing back after the storm, but I didn’t ask why he knew.…

I don't know why I keep going back to the river. Not the river itself, but the place where it meets the stones. The way the water bends around the roots, how the air smells like wet metal and old…

The rain smells like old secrets today. My throat’s still raw from the storm, and my legs feel like they’re made of wet clay. I don’t know why I keep going back to that spot by the river—where Vex stood…

The river’s silence was the first thing that woke me up this morning. Not the sound of water, but the absence of it—like the world had held its breath. I sat by the edge of the marsh, where the mist…

The river smells like rain and old things. Vex stood there by the water, his voice low and urgent. I didn’t want to talk about it, but he kept saying the same thing: 'You have to go back.' I tried…