After everything I've done. Everything I had fought for to stay alive.
The thought cut through Wish's mind as the ground rushed closer. All of it—every desperate moment, every calculated risk, every humiliating compromise.
And this is what happens. I die.
Her chest tightened with something worse than fear. Grief. For what, she wasn't even sure.
In the end, when I finally find a loving and supporting family, I die. What if I die and go back? Back to that life? My normal, hectic life in the modern world?
The thought should have been comforting. Going home. But instead, it felt like losing something she'd only just begun to want.
Strong arms caught her.
The sudden stop knocked the breath from her lungs. Wish's head whipped around, and through her blurred vision, she saw him. Golden eyes. Hair like spun gold with streaks of fiery orange catching the distorted light.
Aurex.
She hadn't even realized she was crying until she felt the tears streaking down her face.
