Month: May 2026

Lilith and I finally managed to sit down for a movie — something with explosions, probably, because that’s what she calls “relaxing.” We weren’t watching it for the plot. We just wanted to sit next […continue reading]

Lilith shifted Elias in her arms, brushing a fingertip over his cheek. “Your mom called earlier,” she said softly. I looked up. “Mom?” “She got married. Andy Sousa.” I let that settle. Mom had always […continue reading]

I didn’t notice the organ was gone at first. The house had been shifting around me for weeks—new rhythms, new routines, new sounds—so one more absence didn’t register right away. It wasn’t until I walked […continue reading]

The house felt different the moment I stepped out of the sanctuary — louder, brighter, full of movement I wasn’t ready for. Lilith stayed close, her hand still in mine until we reached the main […continue reading]

I surfaced slowly. The dark around me felt thick, warm, almost soft — like I’d been sleeping inside a memory instead of a coffin. My limbs were heavy. My thoughts moved like syrup. For a […continue reading]

Lucian cried himself to sleep again. I heard him through the walls — soft at first, then louder, then soft again. The kind of crying that folds in on itself. The kind that stops expecting […continue reading]

The pull led me back to San Myshuno. Not the noise, not the crowds — just the park. I didn’t know why it was always this place.I didn’t want to think about it too hard. […continue reading]

Lilith told me she was pregnant again on a night that felt too calm to hold news like that. We were in the girls’ room, the twins finally asleep.She sat in the chair next to […continue reading]

Orlando completed his transformation not long after Lilith got home with Lucian. One moment the house was quiet — twins sleeping, Lucian settling, Lionel humming softly in the kitchen — and then, that familiar fledgling‑awakening […continue reading]

Lilith checked on Lucian first thing. The house was still dim and quiet, the kind of quiet that only comes after a night that stretched everyone thin. She slipped into the nursery and leaned over […continue reading]