Chapter 160 Still Reeling

• The sob burst out of me before I could stop it, ragged and messy, as if it had waited all this time to be freed. My arms clutched her back. I couldn’t hold myself up anymore, couldn’t pretend anymore. The walls I’d built, brick by trembling brick, crumbled like ash around me.
• Slowly, one by one, the others came closer, closing the distance between us with soft touches and open arms. Elenwyn’s hand found my shoulder. Ilyra pressed her cheek against mine. Rhalia’s fingers wove through mine. I felt all of their warmth circle me.
• I wailed like a child. But not a single one of them let go.