Chapter 14

Stars filled the sky like pale grain into the freshly turned ground. It was the promise of life in the darkness, a sense of warmth springing from the cold. It was a vastness to bring humbleness and an eternal space to bring gratitude for the coziness of home, of her. No matter the years that passed, Knight saw each night sky as a fresh gift given anew. It was the moment anyone that knew him would see his eyes smile and his breathing deepens just a little, it was because of her, his smile, and his breathing is because of her. As night fell the blue haze of day lifted to reveal the stars. He always felt that this was closer to the truth of who he is. Yes, after all those lie years he had lived, he is now proud of what he is now, but not yet to be proud of what he is capable of, he must get her, he had promised that day that he would return. He wondered if we were nocturnal would we feel more connected to those far away stars, perhaps sensing the fragility of the surrounding, he ca