Nothing was harder than saying goodbye to Ryoko. If I inhaled deeply enough, I could still smell the faint trace of summer but I knew that would be gone soon. It was for the best. If I was going to do this, I had to do it on my own.
As much as I wished Ryoko could come on this adventure with me, it was too dangerous. She was the only thing I had left to lose and the only thing I couldn’t. And yet…
I paused in the shadows, on a safe distance from the Afterlife Academy. The overlooking hill had a great vantage point of the tall building shimmering in the moonlight, the protective barrier around it hiding it from unwanted eyes and ears.
Not a single sound could be heard outside the perimeters and I hoped that went both ways.
Nerves swirled through my stomach but I’d already unravelled eve
