Nero Awakening
, Kily stopping at my side, R
ent one from where we live, and he and Nymiah a
, formed from the island's resources. It towers twenty feet tall. They've formed windows around the top,
de of it, pictures of sirens and foolish sa
l. But dark a
ht hand, focusing my energy on the ground. I search for soli
ll of the ground
can. I can't carve the stones from th
fteen. Nymiah
only as talented as a ni
l's voice in my head. I
words from yesterday roll
The lighthouse is beautiful. Forged from solid stone. It
holds her hands down and flat, toward the water, and the water glows brilliant as s
does the same thing, just
and stay close to Kyril as he pulls togethe
r. Kyril is making the water solid with Ne
s incre
on in the water. I pull together what I can. It isn't identifiable; it mixes wi
land. Ronan and Kily take off, hea
arning," Kyril says as we walk together back
smile, telling myself
re learning incredibly quickly," he says. He pierces me with his pale blue eyes. "You'
ds reach in and touch my heart. I
sks as we hit the break in the path
I need to be with
we say our
er Nero live in the Tabernacle, as well as about half the Bahiri. The o
house Zara assigned our crew. I eat about half of my meals here
r to one another as I walk by. I think I make them uncomfortable, living do
ncomfortable behavior. They see some of them bow
t leaving
me. I know them. I need the
oor open and
wkward as the other Bahiri. She's more like a nurturing grandmothe
oes when we sit down together to eat dinner. There are mounds of
lways answer every night. "I've f
d a smile and I throw a fake punch at him
ll five minutes into our meal
back," Zayne says around a mouthful of fo
head for the last week st
ast week. I don't know where she's going, but considering how much she doesn
t and ask what everyon
m that keeps this planet hidden. They're working on bringing it up