Alchemised

by SenLinYu

Women were always defined by the lowliest thing they could be called.

Helena was not a planet or any celestial thing. She was just a human bound tight to the present, to the brevity of existence, and she could feel time running out.

When he kissed her, it felt like the beginning of something that could be eternal.

“You’re not choosing. You promised me anything I wanted. I want you to stop breaking yourself trying to save me. Go. Live. Tell our daughter I saved you both. That—is what I want.”