Celeste
I dove into the cool water before he could argue.
The cold hit me like a slap and I gasped and then relaxed into it. I swam deep out toward the middle of the lake and then turned onto my back and floated, staring up at the sky.
The moon was bright. Full and heavy and silver, hanging over me like a face leaning down to look.
You’re supposedly a gift from the moon, I thought. Why would the Moon Goddess give the world a gift like me? What am I supposed to do? I don’t like this feeling. Why do I feel so broken? Why does everything feel like something I’ve already lived through?
Answer me. Please.
The moonlight seemed to wrap around me. Warm, despite the cold water. Like arms closing over my shoulders.
Images began to play inside my head.
A girl who looked exactly like me was ru
