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Submitted to Contest #280
Kai knelt before the grave, his trembling hands clutching the hilt of his blade. The chill of the earth beneath him seeped into his bones, but it was dull compared to the hollow, consuming cold within. Kai stared at the inscription etched into the gravestone—Thea Valens—which was too sacred to speak aloud and carried the weight of every moment they had shared.A heartache wracked Kai’s body as he bowed his head. He had felt the searing sting of death before—the sharp agony of a blade driving through his heart—but even that anguish was a fleet...
Submitted to Contest #277
Long ago, in an ancient land, there lived a Phoenix whose wings bore the colors of dawn and dusk and whose flames carried the weight of eternity. While her kin dwelt in solitude atop mountain peaks, she spent her days soaring above the forests, seeking something she could not name. On a day touched by Fate, the Phoenix heard a melody so pure that it answered the yearning in her immortal heart. There, perched upon a branch of oak, sat a small Songbird whose plumage was plain but whose voice echoed the heart of the forest. Their gazes met, and...
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