Page 1 of Heart Shaped Wreckage (standalone)

“What do we see, sister?”

“I see the fruition of Magdala’s prophecy about to come to pass.”

“Do you? That’s been sitting idle for years. It is meant for Magnus and another. But it has never had a name inscribed.”

“It does today. It does today. It says Kevin.”

“Only Kevin?”

“Yes.”

“How are we to find him?”

“Our pet will do it, won’t you, Moon Cat? Find the boy and make the prophecy come to be.”

“Our pet? That’s a stretch. He comes and goes as he will. He likes to visit when he’s not busy.”

“He likes to be involved.”

“Yes, sister.”

Moon Cat looked up at them and mewed before scratching his ear. Then, within the blink of an eye, he vanished through an opening in space and time.

“Will there be death and destruction?”

“Perhaps, sister. Choices must be made to see what the conclusion is. But for now, we have to wait.”

The first one clipped a thread with her scissors.

“Another one bit the dust, huh? Why do these mortals jump through the sky?”