Nero Nights

. I fly past the swirling images around me

looking for. I k

traight

ht in front of

sing da

see the lightning. I

this. I am better

eron around me. I let it fill me, fill me right to the brim. I

up. They’re al

nds into the heart

creams of a thousand Kind

e sound is pummeling me and will leave m

he darknes

ywhere and instantly

e pulls on

p of it left. There’

brok

ing to

won today, but I’v

ing to

Valen breathe. He pulls in deep, hard breaths. An

s, his voice a breathy

er. “It’s working,”

Valen and I sit in the kitchen aboard the ship

w another bite. “As great as this tastes,

r bite. “I’d spotted some berries before. It’s whe

ened after. “I think we might need to go for another swim. I’ve been wea

bite. He killed a small crawling creature, cook

I lean back in my seat, crossing my ankles and propping them u

t know, been interest

o random and unexpected, I feel

wing, his eyes

I mean, we kind of need to actually get to know each other, and we’ve never really ha

We…we don’t know if we actually even like each other outside of fate and attractio

r sincerity in his words, and as I meet his

his elbows on the table between u

o the window and he watches the color of the sunrise spill through the valley, deep hues of red and gold. “Us children fro

tle. She said she has a job working for C

though three of the others are stationed outside of the President

a real name?” I ask

ry important on Starvis. But she was young enough, she couldn’t remember hers. We were each given a n

o not even have a personal identity

Val

thing more to me than s

hat I can hide from Valen. I

ore than just

ead my f

ick back u

closer to him. I sit forward, mirroring Valen’s position. “I’ve never been given time to want to be with someone.” His eyes drop to my lips, and he stares at them for a lo