Chapter 207

• MILLICENT
• What happens when the real world claims us with its claws and its rules? What happens when distance separates us? Would they still want me? Would I want them? Questions gnawed at the edges of my mind like invisible teeth. I couldn’t push them away because the more I tried, the more they multiplied.
• I thought about Kyra, she was always the one forcefully driving me into their arms whenever danger, fear, or need struck. But Kyra wasn’t pushing me now. She was quiet and now I'm left to wrestle with my own thoughts.