"Aim for the Stars" Print

SCENE FROM CH. 23 - DIVINE BLOOD

They had entered a soft plain swathed in brilliant moonlight. Nearly a full pearl, the gleaming moon reigned among the immense throne of clouds, a queen in its own right. The view was stunning.

Dyna glanced at Cassiel and saw he was pleased with whatever he gleaned from her obvious awe. The moonlight cast him in a glow, his black wings shimmering like they were covered in a layer of frost. For once, his gaze was warm and searching. He didn’t fully smile, but it surprised her to see the makings of one in the corners of his mouth. This was a gift she realized. An intimate piece of his life he chose to share with her.

“Possibility is limited by perception,” he said thoughtfully as if the thought was a new revelation.

What was their first encounter, but an impossibility made a reality? Days ago, she could not have fathomed his existence, and yet here he was. A descendant from the Heavens, showing her far more than she could have imagined. That was the true gift.

“May it not be limited by our belief,” was her reply as she admired the divine creation of him. “But by our imagination.”

The Celestial prince looked above, and she read the question there. The velvet sky was endless. Sparkling. A beautiful deep dark blue that gazed at them in return. She too wondered what lay beyond.

Dyna stretched out a hand, needing to touch it. Cassiel granted her wish. With the soft beat of wings, they soared past the impossible and aimed for the stars.

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