Where water meets the land - Chapter 1: Lure by mrsnoir, literature
Literature
Where water meets the land - Chapter 1: Lure
It had taken a few months for Amber to settle into the quiet life she had eagerly built for herself, in the tiny cottage by the sea that she had spent all of her savings on. Every evening after ending her shift at the small café in the village nearby, she had taken the habit of walking the lonely patch of shore that lay in front of her new home. She listened to the ocean, she gazed at the stars. Her favorite constellation was Orion. She followed it across the sky, her mind seeking its company in silence. There was something mystical about it, something that reminded her of old legends she had read as a child, where magical creatures swam the seas and walked the land. It was also somewhat human, like the humans she liked so much to serve and chat with at her workplace. She did her best to get to know every one of them, and cared for the small happenings in each of their lives.
But her life she kept to herself. She had always felt that there was little place in this world for her; for