The girls arrange some sort of get-together in Phoebe’s dwelling to work on bonding, but I decline as politely as I can. Before learning what this trip was really about, I might have said yes. After all, that was the whole reason I came—to bond with the Senses. But that’s not what it’s really about, so why should I bother?
I think about the nymphs’ story as I slip out of my dress and into a nightgown. It does make it a whole lot easier to sympathize with their cult-esque mindset, knowing what Ava did for them. And yet… Light is Right? How can they not see that, even if Ava really did have the best of intentions, it was still a political move that in no way reflects positively on the concept of Light versus Dark? After all, it was a group of rulers claiming to be Light rulers who were thei
