Shera & Armand Part 1 I lifted my gaze from the glittering crystal knight between my fingers and found Armand’s jade-colored eyes studying my face. His black silk turban framed his face like clouds of night, casting shadows across the evening desert light pouring in behind him. The heat was finally fading and a breeze […]

Makam & Jennette Part 6 (The End) “Why do they call this the window?” I tilted my head back until the sunlight caught the teal flecks scattered within the glass dome a few feet above us. The sun didn’t seem like a burning sphere, cooled as it was by the feet thick dome. Makam planted […]

The weeping stitched the edges of my consciousness with sorrow-spun thread. As always, it vanished when I turned to face the tapestry-hung wall, and returned when I looked away. Today I couldn’t bear the melancholy it stirred and I gripped the closest tapestry and let its dust envelop me, each speck a lazy gold spiral […]

Jennette & Makam Part 5 I pressed my thumb to the golden thorn Jennette held and let the bead of blood drop onto the small wooden plaque. The blood spread unreasonably fast, filling the carved words and turning them maroon. “Are you sure about this?” Makam’s deep voice in my ear made me jump. Jennette […]