Harper L. Woods

For the ones who find freedom in the dark.

“At least leave Mistfell. The guards aren’t far from here,” I said, grimacing at the smile she gave in return.

“And yet here you are, risking punishment by being out this time of night. I think you understand better than most why we must take the chance. There is beauty in knowing who you are, and in embracing that in spite of the potential consequences.

There was something deeply therapeutic about my rebellious little walks in the woods. Something appealing in the way they went against the strictures placed on me by a corrupt society that was so often determined to keep women pure and virtuous for the husbands who hadn’t even been chosen yet.