Mei Ruan: April 18th, 20XX
“Lillian”
The shadow fairy stared at me with a conflicted expression but tightened her lips into a straight line, determined not to say a word. Her heavy-lidded eyes looked at me with a coy look and backed up her meaningful silence.
I didn’t respond to her uncharacteristic playfulness and looked into the distance. We were already a day late. I couldn’t risk extending the time even further.
Jaya had attempted to escape her holding cell earlier, and it had taken me a while to get her back in there. The specialist to remove her magic had yet to arrive, so she was as strong and vicious as ever. I’d hoped that being stripped of her power would make her realize what she’d done so wrong, but if there was one thing she was consistent with, it was letting me down.
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