Candace

“Look at this!” Estrella holds a single piece of green grass up in front of my eyes. “It’s alive.”

“I’m so happy for you.” I force a smile. Despite the realization that this first application only affected the area right around where they put what they’ve started calling the elixir, Raven and Estrella are walking on air. Raven’s barely left her parents’ side, both because I know she doesn’t see them as often as she’d like and because they’re ...