Wheeling Gull Isle I am the owner of nowhere land, queen of a castle that’s made of sand.

off dinah went. ava followed the progress of her collection, something akin to greed manifesting in her dark gaze.

so while her sister wasn’t looking, she stole from the small pile as it grew. a pale yellow flower here, a small magenta peduncle there — but it was the deep purple lupine flower that truly caught ava’s attention.

a gollum-gleam sparkled in her gaze as she slunk after dinah, waiting until she turned to towhee before ava pounced, attempting to snatch the lupine from the flowery bouquet to set among her own purloined arrangement.