by Tenaya MKD
But just before he hit the ground, the familiar feeling of being yanked from behind his belly button startled his eyes open. The next second, he was lying on a cold, metal surface. The hatch.
He had no idea how he’d done it, but he’d brought himself home. Laughter cut into the quiet night, and it was a moment before he realized it was his own.
He used what little strength he could bring into his arm to pound on the door.
When the hatch finally opened, he fell through it, crashing down onto Nova where she stood on the ladder. They both hit the floor.
She untangled herself from him, scrambling to right herself. “Zane!” She touched his face gently, adjusting him to look into her eyes. “Get Sam!” she yelled to Cayde. He immediately ran off down the hall. “Zane, stay with me. You’re going to be okay.”
Zane smiled. “I’m home,” he whispered. And the world faded away.
Tenaya MKD is a lifelong book addict and lover of fantasy, sci-fi, and superheroes.
She has written since the age of one when she sat on her journalist mom's lap to help her type up her stories, but it took the infamous Year That Was 2020 (and an encouraging nudge from her loving husband) to inspire her to conquer her fearful hesitancy and write her first novel—finally making her long-held dream of being an author come true.
Her hobbies include reading to her beautiful son, drinking coffee that’s gone cold and calling it iced, collecting notebooks she deems "too pretty" to actually write in, art journaling, and enjoying the delicious, plant-based food her husband cooks when he isn't making music.
Tenaya hopes that by pursuing this career of her dreams, she can show her son (and anyone else who's watching) that where there is a will, there really is a way. It's not just a saying.
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