𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍.

Some forms of exhaustion settle deeper than the body. They root themselves somewhere behind the eyes and wait.

The world cannot seem to afford itself silence.

“Certainty. I’m surprised you possess it.”

“Darkness so often believes itself enlightened.”

Some children inherit comfort. Others inherit wars already in progress, and burdens they were never meant to carry. Still, she tried to make me gentle. Magic comes in many forms, but protection remains one of the oldest. Happy Mother’s Day.

@BrutalProtector Her eyes narrowed. Finally, she looked at Jason. “We have seconds.”

@BrutalProtector “In this case? Someone who knew you would come angry and stay just long enough to bleed.” The sigil welcomed the man’s blood and wreathed itself in vermilion. As Todd’s target cried out, clutching at his wound, an ethereal light began to emanate from beneath the man’s body. ——

WHERE THE BROKEN WAKE.

Restless.

“You are interrogating bait.”

Her cloak stirred as she moved, though there was no wind, and she remained remarkably dry in spite of the surrounding element. Her gaze settled first on the man, trembling from the pain but wearing pride on his sleeve, and then on Jason, awash with anger. ——