(Willa)
I felt loose; my body did, at least after Caspein’s careful attention. However, my mind was back on full alert. It might have been some primal part of me that sensed danger. It knew that I was willingly heading back to the people and the place that caused me so much life-altering suffering.
Breath.
In and out.
It was hard to remember to do that as my throat constricted. I wondered what they would think of me.
Who cares what they think of you? We are royalty now - Iris preened in my mind.
My anxiety felt like it was closing in on me as we pulled up to the too-familiar gates—a bit of hurt and longing mixed in.
This was home. Well, for most of my life, this had been my home. I missed the familiarity and hated that I felt this way coming back to it.
But what I didn’t feel
