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September 15 - September 17, 2023
“True strength, Lady of Darkness, is being brave in the hard seasons. True strength is getting back up one more time. True strength is believing you were made for such a time as this and fighting against all odds. True strength is having hope even when the stars go out.”
“Get up, Lady of Darkness. Hope is for the dreamers.”
“And when the storm is unending? When the waves are unrelenting?” Scarlett asked quietly. “Rage, Scarlett. Rage and scream and cry and fall apart. You are allowed to feel and do all those things, but you do not stop fighting. You do not give up. You become a bigger storm,”
She closed her eyes once more, and they laid on that balcony in the falling flurries. They stayed there for nearly an hour, her breathing now perfectly in sync with his own. Her shadows slowly crept over him until he was part of her darkness. She did not remove her hand from his chest. He did not reach for her. He just sat with her in the dark.
“Most do not understand that the darkness can be beautiful, but you don’t learn that until you’ve come to understand that the darkness is not something to defeat but something to befriend. All stars are born in the dark, Scarlett. The darkness allows us to see them. You decide if they are worth fighting for.”
“I think you might be mine though,” she said, as sleep finally overtook her. “Your what?” she heard him press, but sleep pulled her under before she could reply.
“It is okay if some days the only thing you manage to do is survive. That is okay.”
“My home is wherever you are. If you demand I go home, I am already there. Let me in.”
“You promised you would not leave me alone in the darkness. You came for me, and I have come for you. I am yours, and you are mine. Let me in!”
“I am someone who has faced the darkness and found the beauty it had to offer. I am someone who can create stars in the void when the light has gone out. I am someone who cares for those the realms have forgotten. I am someone who can bring beauty from brutal ashes. I am a fucking Queen.”
“Scarlett, I love you like the stars love the night. All the way through the darkness,”
