Series: Bitter, Twisted Lies
Event: 110 word reverse hurdle [read it backwards :D]
Words: 110
Black Ocean
Eiralys sinks low to the ground, her heels digging in the grass. She blinks and blinks- crying is for weak girls, crying is for her sisters- but she can't stop trembling and no, no, no.
But her rush fades into fear, stark and black, when the boy Marek always sends walks up. He says something and so does Cathrea but all she can see is the black of his mourning armband, inscribed with a very familiar symbol. She takes the letter he holds.
The news comes on the first day of summer. She's laughing, running about in the gardens with Cathrea, behaving completely unlike herself, and it's kind of fun.