Gemotions

"Unbelievable," Maya muttered, pacing her small apartment. The scandal broke this morning: Elias Thorne, the celebrated fantasy author whose worlds she adored, a copier of other people's works. The evidence was irrefutable. A sudden lightness filled her, a feeling akin to shedding a heavy cloak. The envy that had haunted her for years, the constant comparisons, vanished. She felt a giggle bubble up, the tension in her shoulders easing. She picked up her own manuscript, forgotten for months. It felt like freedom had been granted.