WATER
It had been two weeks since Kalani came back injured from her mission.
Two weeks since Aileen's death.
Two weeks since that council meeting.
It all still felt very surreal and my mind still thought this was all just a dream. A nightmare. One that I would be able to wake up from and I'd be back in the Star Orphanage and I'd see Aileen again. No misunderstanding would have taken place and we would still be the same people we were before our family history caught up to us.
I'd be able to hug her tight and know that she still wanted to fight for us, to give us a chance. It felt too painful knowing I had just agreed to put Aileen behind and focus on me and my own dreams and goals, and on that same day, she died. Now, I couldn't help but feel guilty. Maybe, if I had been there, I coul
