(Nisha)
I took a step back, my hand to my mouth. I wasn’t afraid of her. But the pain I felt for her sliced through me. It was an accident that you would hold with you for eternity.
“Zephyr-” My voice was shaky. “I’m so sorry.”
“Don’t,” she snapped, her wind picking up again. “It’s my burden. It was the result of my actions.” She took a deep breath through her nose and looked past me. “Soleil found me later that night. I don’t remember any of it after. Just the wind that night. It was almost blinding, and somehow, it slashed him and... I still don’t know.” Her hollowness rang through the small space between us.
She looked at her hands again. “It’s not an excuse. But tried to do it again when I felt afraid, tried to call that sharp power that somehow cut him.” She closed her eyes and
