★Anastasia★
The days had begun to blur together. Each one seemed identical to the last. I spent my time trapped between exhaustion and overthinking – unable to focus on anything else. I had given up my job, I had given up my apartment, I had given up on living. Each day I tried to wrap my head around the reality of my life and each day I failed. But there was one thing that I looked forward to and that was my training with Aunt Eloise. I was still angry with her for lying to me and for keeping secrets, but training was enough of a distraction to help ease me through the day.
“Are you ready?” Eloise asked. She sat across from me and I sighed as I nodded. I wasn’t ready. I never was, but I needed this. We stared at each other for a long moment, and then she broke eye contact. “You have to
