The Night She Saw the Sun

You were once a normal girl soaring to live. Nothing was meant to limit you. Not when you crossed paths with beasts, not when you hit rocks amid your flights. Not even when you made perilous detours with your eyes wide open. You were meant to leave shooting stars in your wake. You knew it. You’ve always known it. The world you’ve always known was rolling serenely in a firm poise—just as you envisioned it in your many midnight imaginings—until the day you saw the dark fluid. Read the full story.