Shady

“Thank you,” Ky murmured, ducking her head. “I… am not hopeful about that, either. But… I do genuinely appreciate the sentiment.” She glanced down the hall despite herself, looking for ...

Ky nodded in agreement. “I… am not hopeful these days. Which I’m sure probably isn’t surprising. But… I’d like for you to be right here rather than me.”

“Mm… that’s… a nice hope,” she said mildly. A naive one. But she wouldn’t grudge Sara at least a bit of hope for the future, even though she’d lost all ...

Ky nodded, getting even more anxious. “Lots of horrible things happening right now.”

Ky forced a little smile, but it was clearly forced. “It’ll be nice to have him back.” Wait. Could… he see ghosts? Could he fight them? He’d give Michael the ...

Ky nodded. “He’s just going with Zander to the border then is heading back.”

“Me too.” Ky nodded, not quite able to find a smile for her. She supposed in a sense it was good Zander was gone. Especially now that she knew Septimus ...

Gods. That felt like fifteen years ago. She nodded. “Zander is safe… for now, anyway. Rönn got to him.”

“He, um… asked me not to share details,” she murmured, walking quickly.

“Pretty bad,” she murmured, moving towards the stairs.

Ky nodded. “He’s in his office and wants you.”

“Nothing.” She glanced around the rest of the room. “Just uh… wanna talk.” She forced a small smile and stepped the rest of the way into the hall, waiting for ...

“Could I talk to you for a minute?” She asked, voice quiet. She made no move to enter the room or even to pull the door the rest of the ...

Fuck. Tadaaki and his family were too. He looked up immediately when she cracked the door. She shook her head ever so slightly at him before looking at her aunt. ...

Ky made it to the dining hall and braced herself, forcing her expression to become neutral, then poked her head in.