The Golden Eagle

Do you ever watch your friends pair up at the end of a party and you head home alone?

Do you ever place your stuffed animals up against the wall on your bed to pretend someone is sleeping beside you?

Do you cry yourself to sleep at night wishing you had the guts to tell your best friend how you feel about them and wish they would understand?

I do.

But he isn't my best friend anymore. We haven't been friends for seven years, not since I joined the Legion.

My name is Octavian and my best friend was the son of the sky. Everything I've done was to show him that I'm good enough, but he never notices anymore. He has his duties and I have mine, and our duties are seldom together.

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