Thalassa
Said you won't forget my name
The silence dragged, worse than a rubber band being pulled taught, preparing to snap against skin, threatening to split the barrier into a wound. She continued to brace, mind racing as she watched ash flutter to the ground. It coated the blackened earth in white, the scent of scorched foliage taking root in her nose.
She stiffened imperceptibly at the sound of his voice breaking the silence. Her eyes remained fixed elsewhere, taking a deep breath to calm her racing heart as her head nodded. Dark waves of hair shifted around her sweat-slick shoulders like a cloak of darkness that might disguise the scars on her heart.
Swallowing, Thal took a deep breath to confirm her own suspicions. "You?"
She stiffened imperceptibly at the sound of his voice breaking the silence. Her eyes remained fixed elsewhere, taking a deep breath to calm her racing heart as her head nodded. Dark waves of hair shifted around her sweat-slick shoulders like a cloak of darkness that might disguise the scars on her heart.
Swallowing, Thal took a deep breath to confirm her own suspicions. "You?"
not today, not tomorrow.
