The Red Palace

by June Hur

Some dreams, I’d learned, were meant to fade away. And to let go of them didn’t mean to let go of myself, but to release the life I’d imagined I wanted.

“We endured so much together. You didn’t let go of me then. Don’t let go of me now.”

Gggyhrtjg SAT THE WORDS GIRLIE

it occurred to me that love wasn’t all that I’d feared it to be. I had imagined that it was a wildfire that incinerated everything in its path. Instead, it felt as ordinary and extraordinary as waking up to a new day.

“There is only you.” His words caressed me, winding themselves around my soul. “There will only ever be you. I promise, Hyeon-ah.”

Tiptoeing, I wrapped my arms around his neck, the book I held dangled against his back as I found his lips.

Screaming, gigglibg omg she is so bold