Chapter 72. Force of the Stars

Athena

The best thing about this small town Rye was its sky—well, at least for me it was through the beautiful lakesides that did keep good competition with the mesmerizing beauty of the endless sky.

“What’s there in the sky that fascinates you so much?” Shelly asked.

“I don’t know. Maybe because it’s free—out of anyone’s reach, beyond any boundaries.” I let out a sigh, my eyes never tore away from the view of the sky that engulfed a strange attire today—in the depth of its blue there were dark clouds that fought to break from beneath and show up on the surface. Nonetheless, the beauty of it hadn’t been hampered, nor did the dark clouds reach the nearest possibility of overshadowing its magnificence.

“And you aren’t?”

“None of us is, we are stuck in some way.”

“How so?” Confusion drew upon her face and she leaned her back against the counter I was standing opposite, there was curiosity jarring in her eyes that asked me to speak.

I had