My Blood Wizard System
Seras climbs on top of the Suburban and screams into the Arkansas sky:
Seras:
“WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE NORMAL AND WE STILL GRADUATED!”
The valley answers with a warm gust of geothermal steam that smells like home.
Remy pulls me close.
Remy (whisper):
“Whatever comes next (college, hidden cities, dragon weddings, whatever),
We did the impossible first.
We grew up.”
I look at my court (fire and storm and fox and dragon and monk and ghost and coyote).
Seventeen became eighteen became almost-grown.
The crown above my heart gives one final, gentle spin.
Celeste:
“Yeah.