Shamrock calls emergency Church as soon as Ironhide hangs up the phone. After he kisses the side of my head, he goes off to the meeting room, and I'm rooted in place for a moment. Soft hands slide up my back, and I turn to find Carrigan staring at me with tearful eyes.
"Faylinn, I—"
Grabbing her shoulders, I pull her into a hug just as she starts to cry. "Shh, Carrigan. It's okay. I'm okay. Finn's okay."
She tightens her arms around me and cries harder. "I know things can't ever be like they were, but I can't lose you again. You're still my best friend, Fay. You always were."
Like a ton of bricks, the pieces start to fall into place faster than my mind can process them. I lost fifteen years and am struggling to come back. But they lost fifteen years with me, too, and are stru
