Seren
"At least you had a choice!" Her composure finally snapped. With the raising of her voice, the dam burst open, and though she hated it, Seren could not keep the tears from spilling over. Stars, it made her look so weak. So cheap, as if a bit of crying would win her way where words failed. "I was born from the Old gods. What do you expect me to do, Nate? Turn my back on my mother, my father and everything I am? All for... what? A goddess I've never met, who would use me in a heartbeat to hurt the ones I love if it served her purpose? Or maybe for you? You can't even be civil with me!"
Withdrawing from the spit and the pointed finger, the girl wrapped her arms around herself. Her chest ached with feelings too large to name, and a headache was pounding to life behind her eyes. Seren had never wanted to run from anyone before in her life, but now she felt afraid. Nate's anger, his pity, his contempt shook the starchild to her core.
"It seems," she said, straightening up hunched shoulders with a force of will, "that we can't agree on this. I am sorry for raising my voice. And for troubling you, with my silly requests. I am sure you want nothing to do with the child of people you hate so much, so please forget I ever asked." Pale-faced and stiff, Seren turned to leave. She kept her arms close, afraid that he would see how much they trembled.
She wasn't sure she could handle more of those pitying looks.
Withdrawing from the spit and the pointed finger, the girl wrapped her arms around herself. Her chest ached with feelings too large to name, and a headache was pounding to life behind her eyes. Seren had never wanted to run from anyone before in her life, but now she felt afraid. Nate's anger, his pity, his contempt shook the starchild to her core.
"It seems," she said, straightening up hunched shoulders with a force of will, "that we can't agree on this. I am sorry for raising my voice. And for troubling you, with my silly requests. I am sure you want nothing to do with the child of people you hate so much, so please forget I ever asked." Pale-faced and stiff, Seren turned to leave. She kept her arms close, afraid that he would see how much they trembled.
She wasn't sure she could handle more of those pitying looks.
I'm ready to start the conquest of spaces
Reaching the starlight and silver fields
Reaching the starlight and silver fields
