After The Crescent Strike, Vol. 0.5 (The Balkan Legends)

by A.L. Sowards

“My lot wasn’t so different from many others. To be a woman is to always be at the mercy of someone else . . . a father, a husband.”

Why would he choose to live in the gloom when he could have had the warmth of your light?”

A heart always has room for more love, unless that heart is already full of hurt and bitterness. They can root themselves in deep, and they make it hard for love to thrive.

“I had to expel the pain. Had to release my anger at God and my fury toward the man who brought the plague to our village. Forgiveness isn’t easy, but sometimes, it’s the only way forward.”

“Someone already prepared the way and showed us the direction. If you need help, He will help you.

Marriage bound two people together, but when there was love and respect, that binding was a blessing, not a curse.