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