AHOTE
"What just happened?" A voice from behind me said in a shaky tone. I looked behind me to find Aponi by the door with her eyes wide open. She must have been watching the whole scene from the safety of the living room window. She gazed down towards me, and we locked eyes. We exchanged a knowing look, and her eyes diverted from mine like she was embarrassed about what she had done.
I hoped she was.
"This doesn't make sense," she muttered to herself, looking back out into the compound to where Honon was still trying to get Elan to stop crying.
It wasn't working.
Things clearly weren't going as Aponi had planned. I wanted to yell at her, but I held myself back and just watch Honon who was still trying to get Elan to walk over to him. I noticed Aponi was abou
