Paper Swans

347 D.E.

The Silver Kingdoms, Cavallia.

Merriam Aiken is born.

She is a young human girl lovingly swaddled in the arms of her servant mother, best friends with the court spymaster's son, and blessed with the naivety, love, and imagination of a happy bird. Every person is soft and beautiful in her eyes. She spends her days folding paper sculptures, eating with her wonderful mother, and running around the palace gardens with her friend.

But how long can that happiness last?

What happens the older she becomes?

Read Merriam's story as she progresses from an imaginative young girl to a young woman clinging onto the optimism that is slowly draining from her hands.