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Morwen
is 87% done
Neither of us had said the word love before. I wasn’t sure I loved him. This wasn’t what I’d felt for Hiromi. Sebastian felt more necessary— like air. I no longer made my own oxygen.
— May 01, 2026 10:54AM
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Morwen
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Every day, Sebastian looks at the tea I make him, then smiles, closing his eyes. With all the recklessness of hope, he drinks the tea.
— May 02, 2026 01:36AM
Morwen
is 99% done
Neither Mortons nor revolutions can tolerate loose ends. Neither of us can leave the other without destroying them.
— May 02, 2026 01:35AM
Morwen
is 98% done
It had been the pills, and they had slipped away. Touching Sebastian, being touched by him, didn’t have the same intensity. But I woke up every morning and chose him, just as I chose not to kill the people who cut in front of me in line.
— May 02, 2026 01:27AM
Morwen
is 97% done
It was one thing, being separated from him in my family’s hidden room. But Helshire was the real world, where I needed real air to breathe.
His absence marked every tree, every stone.
— May 02, 2026 01:08AM
His absence marked every tree, every stone.
Morwen
is 87% done
“Why did you want me? Back when I was a true Morton?”
“Because you were so certain,” he said, kissing me. “Unafraid.” He kissed me again. “You didn’t flinch. You didn’t cry.” And again. “You didn’t speak unless you had something to say.” Another, deeper, kiss.
The same sentiments as Xavier. “My certainty’s gone. Why do you still love me?”
— May 01, 2026 10:50AM
“Because you were so certain,” he said, kissing me. “Unafraid.” He kissed me again. “You didn’t flinch. You didn’t cry.” And again. “You didn’t speak unless you had something to say.” Another, deeper, kiss.
The same sentiments as Xavier. “My certainty’s gone. Why do you still love me?”
Morwen
is 87% done
The old Jessica hadn’t screamed because she hadn’t suffered . No heartbreak, no rage. Not even Uncle Max’s visit to the woodshed had disturbed my equanimity. But she hadn’t screamed in ecstasy either.
Now I wanted to scream all the time.
— May 01, 2026 10:33AM
Now I wanted to scream all the time.
Morwen
is 86% done
We Mortons were old hands at seduction. Evil lives close to the heart. But perhaps in imitation were the seeds of care.
— May 01, 2026 10:21AM
Morwen
is 69% done
All this time I’d felt invisible at Helshire, blending in like a good Morton. But in my own way, I’d been as renowned as Sebastian. Disconnected was not the same as unseen.
— Apr 28, 2026 03:07PM
Morwen
is 56% done
“I’m afraid of my grandmother.”
“Is she mean to you?”
“No,” I said. “She loves me most of all.”
— Apr 24, 2026 11:12PM
“Is she mean to you?”
“No,” I said. “She loves me most of all.”
