Chapter 10: MalakiI never knew what it was like—to know someone for years and be so close to them, and then after such a long time, to start a relationship. It was like nothing I’d ever experienced. Usually when I dated someone I had to get to know them, and wait for the first couple weeks to pass before I started finding their true flaws, even if it was someone I’d gone to school with forever. Everything was always great at first, then I found out eventually about their bad temper, or they still loved their ex, or something else crazy that ruined everything.
But Akasha was there for me way back when I was ten years old, when Mama Hally got captured on an HEO mission. She was there through break-ups, and when I lost my virginity, and when I cried to her about Serenity. I’d finally had a g
