Allissa
After the ridge … it was different. We traveled differently.
Before it, we had been chasing her. After it, we were planning something. Everyone felt the difference. The pain from the ridge slowly faded. None of us talked about how easily we had been injured.
We now understood that we were no match for Onyssa physically. Strength wasn’t our language right now … it was patience.
The words Darren had growled into me on that ridge stayed where he put them. In my desperation, he was giving me his strength to hold on to. We made a celestial being, you and I. I know we did, but I didn’t have my celestial baby. And because of this, I still spiraled most evenings, but I waited and did it silently. The only reason I wasn’t breaking was because of him. I knew if I broke, he would too. We
