She knew she shouldn’t cry. It had only been two hours, after all. The Goddess only knew what Levi was going through, in a world she couldn’t begin to imagine, except to do her best to understand that it lay in a universe completely separate from this one.
Problem was, Hayley could feel her eyes stinging, could feel a tear begin to slide from the inner corner of her lower eyelid and slip down the side of her nose. She reached up and wiped it away, then shot a surreptitious look at the prima and primus. Luckily, they were both gazing down at the phone Angela held; Hayley had the impression that they’d been quietly texting with Tobias, who was still at the hospital, keeping watch on Rachel.
She shifted in her chair, trying to ignore the way the hard wood of the unpadded seat had begun to b
