Aether Storm (Mara's Pocky Chain)
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“Momma,” she says, as gentle hands press the quilt around her shoulders. “Tell me a story about the wizard.”
“The wizard?” says Momma, and Mara likes to think she’s not imagining the catch in her voice. “What makes you think I have stories about the wizard?”
“Well…” She rolls over, undoing Momma’s careful placement of the covers, but she has to see her face. “The Red Knight was in love with the wizard, wasn’t she?”
Momma gives a slow lick of her lips and an even slower “yes.”
“You know,” says Mara, “She will see him again. Someday.”