Beneath Ceaseless Skies | What the Mountain Takes, What the Journey Offers by Jae Steinbacher
Even in her delirium, my lover smells the offering meal cooking and sees my half-full pack. She begs me not to go. It’s a journey lovers and pilgrims take—to exchange vows or to petition Mother. The paths to the mountain shift with their travelers’ intentions, and we were much younger when we traveled there to be wed.
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