Remnants of Alpha's blood
, ple
t-don't!
in sweat. My heart slammed against my chest like it was t
into the room. Her eyes were wide with worry, he
pened-my trembling body and haunted eyes told her everything. She wrapped her arms around me tight
ispered into my hair. "It's
it wasn't.
Setvastl. The sky, once painted in twilight blues, was now awash with
asn't o
s Collec
g ones-those eighteen and older-were being conscripted into the military. They said it was for the "greater good." But if it were tru
base. No hon
I always asked-quietly, in my
ghost town. Curtains were drawn. Doors loc
we hea
landed with a hiss and a roar. The word "UKRAINE" w
eams and heading toward the homes like it was routine. Each re
earned it
, my fingers clinging to the broken window frame. The co
I saw
art d
re
im. Pleas
nside me sn
ilence. My bare feet slammed against the ground, pai
cried, my vo
met. And everything
d his waist as if I could anchor him to the e
my voice trembling. "Do
filled with something I couldn't place.
e back roughly. I stumbled and fell, scrap
dragging
tripped over my shoelaces, the way he always said my hair looked like a
hed the ramp of the aircraf
. I'll come
ike sunlight through clouds. I clutched my chest
s the ship closed, sealin
to no one. "Always knowin
ay bro
nly I ha