Photo Source: Wallpaper Flare Being Starborn is a blessing and a curse. That's what Grandma always says, anyway. # My dad's tall, and his beard is fuzzy. I'm strapped in my high chair and I watch as he washes the dishes. Mom comes, late from work as usual. Me and daddy make silly faces at her, and she laughs. We have strawberry pancakes, with real strawberries. Then daddy takes me to bed and sings me a lullaby, the one about the little green man and his flock of sheep. Mom...

Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons Almyra broke through the sea surface, grabbed the boat ladder and climbed up. "Marina," she said, breathless, "I saw a city down below. A real, big city.” Her excitement was easy to understand. Sometimes we found mountaintops near the surface, but never a city; only deep-divers could reach cities, and our clan had none. Almyra had dived naked, so now she reached for her diving-suit. I took off my clothes and put on my diving-suit too,...

Photo Source: PxHere "He betrayed us," she whispered, looking spent and defeated. "How could he do that to us?" The spark had gone out of her, and all that was left was the sadness and the fear. I couldn't bear to see her like this. "Don't give up, Snow," I said. "He was just a scumbag. We've been through much worse than him." Prince Charming had been supposed to keep watch during the night, but he'd just taken off, along with our only horse, leaving us to the wolves. I could hear...