A Seed of Hope (Signed)

Signed book

First Love

3. Romance with moderate romantic content (heavier kissing)

Maybe she had known all along what the end would be like, what it felt like for him to walk away. The end of all that had been worked for, had finally come. She knew he was traveling into certain death, there was no doubt, yet a sharp shard of hope gleamed in her heart. Maybe he was the One after all; maybe he was the answer to all the songs the young world had poured forth in its unequivocal oppression. Maybe she had raised him to be strong enough and determined enough. But she knew she hadn't. Her love and protection were all he knew. This would be his failure; he was not built for loneliness.


As she watched his lone shadow disappear behind a hill, she reached out a hand, as if to preserve the memory. With a sudden pang, she found her way back inside and sat down heavily on one of the decrepit wooden chairs. So it was over, and now her memory took her back to the beginning of what seemed to be a dream of joy in a world determined to crush all...