Sia's PoV
Just like no one can truly understand the blessing of light until they are left alone in the darkness, no one can truly comprehend the value of life until they see it threatened. Even if the life is not of someone you dearly love- the loss of it always hits. It always manages to break the bubble you weren't even aware existed and snap you back into reality, even with as bitter as it seemed.
Clad in black, I stood at a distance. The only funeral I had ever been to was my father's when I was a kid, and the memory of it was blurred and vivid.
This time, however, it seemed that every image was going to be scathed in my head for a long time. We had twenty four full hours to process everything that was happening. We went from being hopeful while immediately boarding the dawn flight
