THE SHATTERED STAR

he town of Vailhollow stretched behind her, nestled along the coast in a gentle curve of land. It was a

she had liked it-before

he fabric of the world itself, stretching across the heavens. For a moment, she thought it was a trick of the light. But then th

t was as if the storm had somehow frozen the air around her, holding her in

gers were already retreating into their homes for the evening, unaware of the

into someone-a tall figure, cloaked in a dar

his voice low and urgent. His eyes, hidden ben

ding in her chest, and her mind raced to process what she

gh reading her thoughts. "You are not who y