I read this two days ago and forgot to comment on it, and forgot to upvote it. Yes, I was like a thief in the night, stealing the pleasure of reading this without leaving something in return.
This was an amazing little world you assembled with a dark undercurrent of sacrifice. Very well written, believable, sad at the end, but still not entirely unpleasant. Great work!
Oh you thief! Ha we are all guilty of that one.
Really appreciate you coming (stealing) back to comment! 💛