Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back. Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Vane grabbed me. “DuLac, let’s chat.” British-speak for “Stand still while I yell at you. Jun 15, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Do you think we can be friends?” I asked.He stared up at the ceiling. “Probably not, but we can pretend. Jun 15, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I have done it," she says. At first I do not understand. But then I see the tomb, and the marks she has made on the stone. A C H I L L E S, it reads. And beside it, P A T R O C L U S."Go," she says. "He waits for you."In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun. Jun 15, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Name one hero who was happy."I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back."You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward."I can't.""I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret.""Tell me." I loved it when he was like this."I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it.""Why me?""Because you're the reason. Swear it.""I swear it," I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes."I swear it," he echoed.We sat like that a moment, hands touching. He grinned."I feel like I could eat the world raw. Jun 14, 2024 - Fabian Biese>