Although Gabriella just wanted to lock herself with the darkest part of her room, Elijah convinced her to come back to his office with him. The Healer had asked her why she was upset and had left the cafeteria. Gabriella shrugged away the questions, hoping he would drop it, trying to bury the tormented ache bombarding her chest.
Elijah took a seat behind his desk. Not wanting to sit down, Gabriella perched herself by the big windows, peeking out the slots in the blinds, watching the little ones running around the playground. Searching, she caught sight of Jared, Kenzo, and little Hana. They were sitting together in the sandbox area scooping dirt into buckets, laughing and teasing each other as they did. When Kenzo tipped Hana’s white bucket, her little body raged, kicking over his
