...She's been wanting you to speak to her as something more...
...As a friend...As her sister...
...As something else aside from what you've been lying to yourself that you are...
...If your words will only bring pain to others...to the people you care for...
...act as if you aren't there at all...
Five days had passed, and the scars left behind by those words still bled deep.
Quiet nights and days bombarded the ship since Jai disappeared without a word after our private talk in the bath, dividing the team of four Xiala had been told to gather down to Thalia and me.
A heavy sigh devoid of hope escaped me as I leaned back to feel the machinery's steady, quiet hum lightly sway my body from side to side.
I grasped at the charm bracelet hanging around my lifted arm, running my fingers over the delicately carved initials caught by the faint blue light shining from underneath the machine beside me, Jai's words screaming in the back of my mind.