“You are absolutely determined to spend your life surrounded by chaos, aren’t you?” Elizabeth sounded exasperated, and she had let herself fall back to lie on the bed with her hands resting on her temples and her eyes screwed shut.
“I accepted a long time ago that chaos seems to find me whether I want it or not. I just didn’t know why that was; I think I do now.”
“What if I can’t accept that?” She opened her eyes and let her arms fall to the bed beside her. “What if constant turmoil and danger like that isn’t the life I want?”
“Elizabeth, that is just what life is for us. People like Tyler will show up needing help, people like Shane and Mizuki will arrive out of the blue expecting things from us, we will have to handle people like Cordelia and Elle, and…”
“…and I understand that’s j
