Legendary

by Stephanie Garber

but believing something didn’t make it true.

or maybe he didn’t have to follow, because people only chased after things they didn’t already possess.

‘You know what the saddest part is? I should have known all along. I was warned,’

‘Fate is only an idea, but I think by believing in it we turn it into something more. You just said you’ve avoided love because you’ve believed it wasn’t in your future, and so it hasn’t been.’

Only the moon lingered, undoubtedly wishing it had lips after witnessing what Tella and Dante had just done.

Not quite a lie, but not the truth.

Everything was so twisted.

But perhaps love was an otherworldly entity like Death. And since Tella had now opened herself up to the possibility of Love, it would not stop coming after her, and it felt far more powerful than Death.

Humans were selfish creatures. The stars had witnessed it again, and again, and again.

It seemed her story might someday have a happy true ending after all.

‘Pining doesn’t look good on you.’ ‘I’m not pining. I’m angry,’

You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t cry.’

‘You’re still very human, and I do not love you.’

‘Don’t faint on me,’ Jacks said. ‘I’d rather not face the wrath of your sister.’

Tella always thought her sister had underestimated her – but maybe she was the one who had underestimated Scarlett.

She was still furious with him. She was going to make him regret walking away from her. But her heart seemed to have forgotten that. It tripped and skipped and beat out an unwieldy rhythm as she opened the note he’d left for her.