Mom and I are still cleaning up from last night’s baby delivery when Braxton knocks once on the door to our home and office before entering. He toys with one end of his mustache. “A royal messenger just arrived!”
Mom and I stare at Braxton and then glance at each other, Mom’s dark eyes no doubt as wide as my deep blue ones. With Inizion being one of the most remote villages in Amenyl, for a royal messenger to show up here meant it was an incredibly important message.
(more…)One of my favorite pastimes, besides for helping Mom take care of people, is gazing up at the night sky as I soar through the stars in my mind.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the daytime too. But laying out on a blanket behind our one-bedroom wooden home on one of the tallest hills in Inizion, watching the sun set and the stars blossom against the deep blue-black background, is a joy that I can’t pass up. Mom has taken to just assuming I’ll be out here every night unless I say something.
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Tamara Rivers 