I closed my eyes and took a deep breath in. There was something closed about snowfall. The way the clouds blanketed the sky and without a wind, the air felt warm and thick. The snow just seemed to hang, more the sky seemed to drift down before your eyes. Under the city lights the world was a rose color, tinged in ambers and grays. I remembered to ( Read more... )

 She moved easily through the line, more like a ghost than a god. No one protests what they do not notice and she had to only look up at the door keep to gain entry. He saw those wings and even for a creature of stone such as he, tears were felt. She wore a simple silver dress that fluttered about sharp curves like falling feathers. The few that ( Read more... )

A drag was taken, a slow, billowy cold of white smoke slid out while the cinder still stuck out like a star in darkness. She tapped the ash off, shaking her head slowly and causing dirty clumps of hair to fall over sharp shoulders. "It's fine. Let him go." was all the voice rasped. Her wings were hunched up about her body, the metal catching what ( Read more... )

This is only the last half of the story. There's a lot more to it but it's on my old hard drive. I'm still trying to figure out the middle ( Read more... )