Anna
I needed air.
That was the only thing I could think about as I slipped out the back door. The house felt too small, too loud, too full of questions I didn’t have answers for. The cool morning air wrapped around me as I walked down the worn trail behind the house that led to the open fields.
Normally, this place calmed me.
Today it didn’t.
The grass brushed against my legs as I walked farther out, the tall blades swaying gently in the breeze. I wrapped my arms around myself, trying to steady the strange energy buzzing under my skin.
Ever since last night something had been… wrong.
Or maybe right.
I couldn’t tell.
I stopped in the middle of the field and closed my eyes, breathing deeply. The scent of earth and wildflowers filled my lungs, but it didn’t quiet the storm inside me
