Where Stars Cease to Be

Previously

…She picked up her phone, her fingers hovering over a contact. Kaelen. Even though they were worlds apart, a connection remained. A silent promise. She knew she would never forget the place where stars ceased to be. It was a part of her now, a shadow that walked with her, a reminder of the fragility of reality, the enduring power of truth, and the long, winding road that justice sometimes had to travel. The city lights twinkled below, a million tiny stars against the velvet night. They were familiar, comforting, but Anya knew, with a certainty that settled deep in her bones, that she would always be looking for the echoes of other worlds, forever changed by the journey she had taken.