Carina

"Cool!" Elias said as he also bounded for the dresser, reaching for the exact same outfit. "We'll be twinning, then." He grinned, about to change here and there, but then ...

Evaline slowed her jog over to Maahes, rubbing her eyes as she got closer. Wait, that was Maahes, right? Then why did he...? Was her eyes playing tricks on her? ...

A weapon? Out here? What, was she supposed to stick fight and throw rocks at these creatures? Evaline knew that if she was really in trouble, she'd be okay. But ...

It was fairly interesting to hear Nikolai talk. Mel wasn't fully absorbing everything since he kept mentioning things she didn't understand, but he looked to be lost in his own ...

Evaline was glad that she could get a couple hours of silence for herself. She had a lot to think about, and even more to do. It took some time ...

Evaline didn't even react, Jerica's words hanging over the fire. As far as she was concerned, the knowledge of other realms existing didn't need to be known to get out ...

Evaline let out a mirthless laugh. "Great," she said curtly. "That makes me feel so much better."

"That's the thing," Evaline went on, no longer filtering her thoughts. "I didn't even know other worlds existed until now. For all I know, we are on Earth, because that's ...

Evaline furrowed her brows in thought. "I don't get it," she said after a long pause. "Is it common knowledge for people in your world to know about this? Why ...

"Yeah. Hopefully," she said quietly, lost in thought. Evaline stared at the flickering fire, trying to think through the mess of her mind. There was so much to think about. ...

Evaline had drowned out Jerica's rambling voice, but she was glad she was talking instead since it allowed her to recover from the effects of the memory. By the time ...

Evaline watched as Maahes darted away, and her mom closed the door behind her. "Making friends already, are we?" her mom said as she walked into the kitchen. "Don't get ...

Evaline didn't respond right away. She was too busy shaking away the emotions, trying to return back to the empty slate of her mind. She just needed a minute or ...

When Evaline leaned forward and touched Jerica's shin, she immediately saw a hazy memory that looked like a partially-fail at first. Either Jerica didn't trust her, or she was having ...

"Yeah, sure," Evaline said, inching closer to her and not caring what she was going to see, or if Jerica was uncomfortable that she was getting closer despite not being ...