~~Kate~~
The moment the car drove through the tall iron gates of the Reid mansion, my stomach twisted. The house looked the same. Huge. Calm. Untouched.
Like it did not care that I had tried to run away from it a few hours ago. Before I could even open the car door, I saw her.
Yssa was already outside.
She did not even bother pretending to be calm. She ran across the driveway the second the taxi stopped, her boots crunching loudly against the snow.
The driver barely had time to unlock the door before she yanked it open.
And then she threw herself at me.
Literally.
“Bestie!” she screamed, wrapping both arms around me so tightly I lost balance for a second.
She smelled like vanilla and winter air.
“I’m so sorry,” she mumbled into my shoulder. “I’m so, so sorry.” My hands instinctiv
