Ravenna
magic hidden in the void and —
Just as she had wanted, no one talked to her. They talked to each other, as if everyone knew everyone else, and somewhere between the glittering lanterns and the food and the milling throng, Ravenna realized that she didn't love being left out after all.
When a hush fell over the crowd and the lanterns dimmed, she gasped and skittered back to Noah and the safety of his looming presence. Amply spooked, she didn't understand the sudden appearance of a woman, or the way some people looked happy-sad, while others looked away entirely.
It wasn't her lantern that remained lit in the end, though. That was something she did understand.
When a hush fell over the crowd and the lanterns dimmed, she gasped and skittered back to Noah and the safety of his looming presence. Amply spooked, she didn't understand the sudden appearance of a woman, or the way some people looked happy-sad, while others looked away entirely.
It wasn't her lantern that remained lit in the end, though. That was something she did understand.
— truths waiting to be spoken
