Lily
The night breeze brushed against my face as I stood on the balcony, staring at the moon that hung high above the dark forest. There was something strangely comforting about looking at it. I didn't know why, but whenever I felt lost or confused, my eyes always found the moon as if some forgotten part of me was searching for an answer there. I wrapped my arms around myself and took a deep breath, trying to quiet the thoughts that had been running through my mind since the attack at the border.
I remembered Veronica.
Not everything, only her name and fragments of a place I couldn't clearly see. But even those tiny pieces were enough to make my stomach twist. There had been fear in her voice when she appeared in my memory, and I knew she hadn't been someone who had treated me kindly. T
