J Barnett

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“Star-crossed” by J Barnett

Submitted to Contest #99

I For Ahsha, my guiding star. Please understand that yours is the first face I remember and, though I know you will not be with me, I pray it will be the last I forget. The horror in your youthful eyes reflected the waning Sun as my world materialised around me. Hot, thick blood trickled up my neck and crawled into my open throat as the cool blade sealed my flesh in place. I gasped desperately to catch my initial and dying breath, exhaling balmy, ferric oxygen into the early morning breeze. I watched ruby-red globules fly from your whi...

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