Alpha Loren
He downed more from the bottle, sloshing it everywhere, “May as well start how I plan to finish.”
Three hours later, it was nearly midnight.
We’d climbed through the hatch on the top floor of the house onto the roof. Above the trees, the clear night sky was unobscured for miles.
“Three, two, one...”
Fireworks burst from Manson town in the distance, sparks cascading through the sky in shimmering flakes of colour. I turned to Jess and kissed her softly. Elias turned to Eleonora, a grin plastered on his face.
“No way,” she laughed.