Nina I meandered through the marble halls of the museum, the art surrounding me a comforting distraction that I sorely needed. Each painting and statue had its own unique beauty to it, and I eventually found myself in the Ancient History section, gawking at a pair of clay vases with depictions of

I shook my head, feeling a mix of sadness and anger. “I just don’t understand what there is to ‘process’ right now. Our marriage? Our child?” He took a deep breath, as if trying to find the right words. “I just think we need to make sure we’re on the same page, that’s all.” “On the same page?” I

And then, when I opened my eyes, I saw it. The shadow entity, lurking at the edge of the garden. I thought it was just a trick of the light at first, but then it grinned, and its sharp white teeth glared at me through the darkness like rows of knives. My breath hitched. I couldn’t move, couldn’t

Enzo The chill of the ice rink was a welcome reprieve from the stuffy hotel. Although Nina and I had made up, I still couldn’t get past the fact that something was clearly on her mind this morning—whether it was our argument or something else, I wasn’t sure. I just remembered that she got up the n

Nina After dinner, Enzo said that he had somewhere else he wanted to go. We wound up walking along a path by the ocean, where the city’s lights twinkled on the water’s surface. “How did you know about this place?” I found myself asking as we walked hand-in-hand. Enzo shrugged. “Tim mentioned i