Lore

by Alexandra Bracken

the braver thing is to accept help when you’ve been made to believe you shouldn’t need it.

“They imagined her hideous because they feared to meet the true gaze of a woman, to witness the powerful storm that lives inside, waiting.

“I was born knowing how to do three things—how to breathe, how to dream, and how to love you.”

“You may be a god,” she told him, relishing the sight of his struggle. “But I’m the Perseides.”