Of course, Selene did not truly need to leave.
That had never been what Eira meant.
The girl only needed to remain outside Phei's perception if she wished to continue this strange little game of pretending she had not died, and even after all this time Eira still could not understand why Selene insisted upon it.
Every time she tried to fit the decision into something sensible, it refused to cooperate.
Selene had survived and had even returned stronger than her past vulnerable self, and delt a great deal to those who were involved in her case before Eira stopped her from doing more. she was now free from all those even though the horrors that had happened to her had nor faded but she had people to lean to; her family was alive, her mother was alive, Phei was alive, and somehow instead of running into their arms she had chosen to stay in the shadows hidden and watching people who mourned her while refusing to give them the one truth that might finally let those wounds breathe.
