The Song of the Lark [ONC 2022]

Growing up, Lark Wilson always felt he was different - abandoned as an infant on a doorstep and raised in Wilson's Home for Children and Youth, creatures of nature accompanied him in every little aspect of his life. Things only escalated as soon as he turned eighteen.
Will a chance encounter at a museum a few years later give him all the answers he's been searching for? Or will it lead him to more questions?

Embark on a journey into the unknown in a story of magic, adventure and... love.

a novella for the 2022 Open Novella Contest , prompt 46 (fantasy)