DANIEL

I stood there, my chest tight, watching them move around the room. I didn't understand why they wouldn't just believe me. It felt like a heavy stone sitting in my gut.

Every time I told them the truth, it felt like I was shouting into a storm, my words just getting blown away.

But I couldn't really blame them.

I blamed my own stupid fate. If it wasn't for what was wrong with me, she would have seen me.

She would have known me long ago, before the Moon Goddess ever tried to play ...