DECEMBER REI’S POV: ‘Tomorrow is my birthday.’ I had one of my panic attacks and was currently in my room having my private conversation with Maat. I didn’t know what I should do. I was not ready. I definitely was not ready for whatever was going to happen tomorrow. It is not like I don’t know who my mate is or what exactly is going to happen. Wait, I actually don’t know what is going to happen. ‘Everything is going to be alright.’ Maat tried to calm me down but I simply couldn’t. We were talking for over one hour and no matter what she said to me I could not stop panicking. ‘Just breathe; you know how we practiced that.’ Maat instructed me for maybe like one-millionth times during the last hour. ‘Maat, what is going to happen once you reach maturity?’ I asked her but I could sense an i

