Chapter One: Queens & Promises

JL Willing
Sep 5, 2018 · 10 min read
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Darkness, deep and unyielding, an empty void so thick, so encompassing there is no sense of where you end and where it begins. Time stands still in a darkness like that. Sound trickles through in waves-the shuddering whoosh of your breath, the steady bump, ba-bump of your heart. Nothing exists. You don’t exist. You become a part of the void, a blank and bare slate for it to swallow. This is where I’ve always been most at home but…

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JL Willing

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Writer. Poet. Mom. Mythological nerd and enthusiast slowly corrupting the brains of humanity. WARNING: She will corrupt yours too. http://bit.ly/2OzFCnl

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