Chapter 20
Everyone else left, but Jo stood outside the door of Ciaran’s room for a little longer. She had to digest all of the information. Her head was still ringing.
The last seventy-two hours had been such a journey. War, sacrifice, death, life, love, and lust. It was truly surreal. The most bizarre thing is that the entire experience hadn’t been a game. She didn’t even design such weird settings for her games.
In only a few short weeks, her life and Madeline’s had changed forever.
Although she’d go back to New York with Madeline soon, nothing would ever be the same. She knew Madeline would drag this out until right before Ciaran had to leave for Eudaiz. Then she’d tell him she couldn’t go with him. Jo had promised not to tell.
It was awful, but she would do the same if she were i
