Maude Ring Divina held together in the hand

held together in the hand for a grip that is entirely unlike anything else

became the Kayla

and entirely its own thing

I was reading about Queen Charlotte once

Maude Ring Divina held together in the handTHE STORY I was inside a Gothic cathedral once, somewhere in Europe, I don't remember which city. It was the middle of the afternoon and the place was nearly empty. I sat down in one of the pews and looked up at the rose window above the altar: an enormous circular stone frame filled with intricate carvings, light pressing through every cut out, every void, turning the cold stone into something almost alive. What stayed with me wasn't the grandeur. It