Shady

Zander took a deep breath and sat back down. He didn’t want to make her feel worse. And she’d made her choice. He needed to respect it. And he’d be ...

Zander’s gaze snapped towards Ky at that, but she didn’t look at him. Didn’t want to look at any of them. It was yet another choice. And she’d made it. ...

Ky was getting so lightheaded. Maybe she should just sit back down. Zander had stood as well, feeling as though he should be the one helping her. She was his ...

Ky nodded stiffly. She wasn’t sure she could hold it together for more people. All she was sure of was that she needed to change her clothes. Maybe then she ...

Ky shuddered at that. Now, rather than there being a guard to keep her in, there was a guard to keep everyone else out. Or, maybe it was both. She ...

Her arm was trembling now. She willed it to stop. Willed herself to have the energy to make it through the rest of the night. The next hour. The next ...

“You were more than me.” Ky nestled her arm in her lap, staring down at it. All she’d done was run. And here were Zander and Gaius running towards the ...

The one character trait that Ky retained through this whole spectacle: was that she still couldn’t handle silence. It felt like a heavy blanket pressed over her face smothering her. ...

Ky nodded. She didn’t have the energy to reassure him that it wasn’t his fault. She didn’t have the energy for anything. “See you.”

He kept bringing it up. And it kept making her feel worse. She felt like she should thank him — but she knew he wasn’t digging for a compliment. And ...

“Thank you,” Ky murmured. Now to work up the energy to actually be able to manage a change once she had the new clothes. That in itself was going to ...

Ky looked at herself for another long moment. It was obscene that she was even considering having Anneke to go run errands for her. But she felt so very badly ...

Ky couldn’t help but feel a pang of jealousy that he got meds and she didn’t. But, she supposed that was what it meant to sleep in the bed she’d ...

Somehow, that made her feel even worse. It was too late now. Tomhas and Anneke were legally responsible for her — so they couldn’t just turn her out, now could ...

Ky nodded solemnly. This whole day had really gone to shit, hadn’t it. She should have known better than to let herself feel so much joy earlier. The universe always ...