My nerves felt shot before we even began. Tavin and Tate did not take seats but instead stood behind me, one on each side. Outside of the Elders, only Miles and Jean were present. I wished Rylee could be there but the Elders decided that it was best to keep whatever this secret was as insulated as possible. They clearly did not know me, I would not keep my best friend in the dark as they have done me. Outside Abu, Rylee was the only other person in this world who knew I could see something that wasn’t of our world and she never once judged me about it. “Normal is overrated” was what she’d say anytime I felt like a freak and if what Abu said yesterday; Rylee will be training to be the next Delta, I wouldn’t let her go into it blind like I have been.
Miles was the first to break the silenc
