COLD STEEL, BLEEDING HEARTS
"But the world’s different. The Rossi Company is gone, but their tech isn’t. And the star-baby... he’s still dreaming. He’s still writing."
"Let him write," Julian said, squeezing her hand. "We’ll live our own lives. We’ll be the characters he can’t control."
They stood and headed down the stairs, stepping out of the warehouse into the cool city night.
The city felt empty. No lights in the windows, streetlamps dark. But the sky—wow, the sky was amazing. The stars looked closer, almost like they spelled something out.
"Look," Maya said, pointing up.
Right in the middle of the sky, the stars shaped themselves—not a needle, not a ship, but a giant glowing pen.