***
I gripped my chest, taking quick breaths as I crashed to the floor. I blinked rapidly, fighting back the tears while struggling to ease my aching head.
I fetched a glass of water and chugged down the liquid, but the pain in my chest wouldn't cease; it felt like my heart had been pulled into a knot, and both ends of the rope were being tugged in opposite directions. It gave a painful twist but I refused to cry because crying only meant that I had accepted their reality.
I lifted myself from the floor and walked to the bed. It would only be a matter of time before Ace's absence gets noticed by everyone else and questions would be asked.
It would be unusual not to have any news of him flying around, so I was sure that pretty soon, everyone would know what had happened.
"Luna.." a
