The Sunspire [m] sun born

a chase, a challenge, a course.

it was not as easy as it once was, but she found she cherished that too. learning exactly how to see the world again was something no one could have ever taught her. it was a task she must grapple on her own — not dissimilar to how she wished to grapple the tiny figure in this game.

game — this was much more than that.

sacsayhuamán.

between them this would become her name. a good tactician wore many disguises and knew their uses in each encounter. her heart did not need to know what it meant to feel its weight.

here, pressed against a wet stone wall, she felt undone. as if her unexpected lover had snipped the ribbons that held together her image. intoxicated and dizzied by perfumes and mountain airs. lightning could have set the whole forest below on fire and she would not have seen it beyond —

she was leaning in for another kiss before she could think anymore.