Penny spent the rest of that day oscillating between white-hot rage and lethargic despair, convinced in both states that her unwanted sister had ruined the most important friendship in her life. She paced or lay down curled up on the floor. She growled and cursed her absent sister until Torin shot her a sad and unhappy glance, then wrapped herself in a sullen silence and cried as silently as she could. She didn’t attempt more meditation that day, and Ronan didn’t press her on the subject, only left her alone to brood. When the light began to fade around them and the shadows merged together into a solid darkness, she curled up in her sleeping spot and closed her eyes without a word to her cellmates.
She decided she was finished with the day. She could begin again with the dawn, and she dri
