Marked in the Middle
My lungs burned; my veins felt like they were on fire.
Through the haze, I saw the entity looming over me, massive now, its form unraveling like smoke in a storm. Every piece of it screamed with agony and longing.
I raised my hand. The mark on my chest blazed with light.
If the Heart had been born from hunger, then I would answer it with the only thing it didn’t understand, love.
I thought of Roman, of Lira, Kael, and Janie, of every soul who had stood by me when they had every reason not to.
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