I don’t know how long I was in that state, hugging myself in some corner of this big house. The tears wouldn’t stop spilling, the shaking wouldn’t stop and there was this weight on my chest that just wouldn’t cease.
The exhaustion I felt made it seem like it had been a very long time, but maybe I was just feeling everything finally catching up with me. Because it has been a lot. From standing in front of so many people in the Assembly to suddenly being here, mated and marked and in a totally different place than I thought I would be.
And then this.
Her.
I did not know what to think.
I did not even want to think.
Thinking hurt.
Thinking about them hurts.
“June?”
I looked up but I couldn’t see clearly as the tears blurred my vision, but I knew that voice. My heart beats for that
