Thorns And Roses [ONC 2025]
Aryn Brown is terrified of the subway. Unless she is going to work, she won't ride the train otherwise. It's not the train itself but the idea of going underground that terrifies her. Or just maybe it's the fear of the mythical creatures she sees on the train that terrifies her.Growing up in foster care has provided little clues as to her origins. Her ability to detect mythical creatures and the magic they wield has led to an avoidance of such places that contain them. Fear keeps her from finding out why she has the ability to sense beings that belong only in fairy tales.When her girlfriend is kidnapped by the very creatures she fears, all bets are off. Aryn must summon the courage from deep inside and cross the threshold into a world as alien to her as it is familiar. A world the coexists with the human one, one that exists below the very city she has grown up in. It will take facing her fear of the underground to find the one person she loves most in the world.Prompts 1 and 13.…