Sienna’s POV
I woke up early in the morning feeling low.
It was the day of Maya’s joining, and the part that hurt me most was not even that I did not have a proper dress. It was that I had no gift for her. Maya had been my friend for so long. She had stood by me when everyone else turned their backs, and even if things between us were complicated now, I still wanted to show up like someone who mattered. I still wanted to give her something from me.
For the first time since I left, I felt tempted to sneak into my father’s house and get a dress from my old room. I looked at Kael. He was still asleep, his face calm in a way that made me feel worse. I was desperate. None of the clothes Maya sent was good enough for the event. I knew she tried, but they looked too worn, too old, too sad. I d
