Mini chapter today guys!
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Mya pulled her leg up to her chin, wrapping her arms around them. Being on the mountain as the sunset caused her to shiver slightly, but she clearly had no intention of going inside.
She was crying.
Amari could see that as she walked closer to the girl. "Everyone is looking for you, you know?" Mya jumped, wiping her eyes. Amari gently grabbed her hands. "I'm guessing you heard the news, huh? It's okay."
Mya began shaking with something that had nothing to do with the air, and when her breath came short, Amari held her head with such gentleness that made her cry more.
"It's okay to cry."
And she did.
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Amari carried Mya back to the dimly lit house. She ran into Sebastion along the way. "You found her?" Amari brought one finger to her mouth, and Sebastion stopped in his tracks. "Oh." He fell into step beside her. "Thank you," he whispered to her. "I... she's already been through a lot—especially for someone her age." He looked forward with empty eyes.
"She already lost her parents."
Amari looked at him as he continued, "And now with Aaron..." He looked at her with those blank eyes that slowly began breaking. "God...he really is sick, isn't he?"
For a moment, Amari was silent.
Then she spoke.
"Yeah... he is."
Sebastian closed his eyes.
But Amari continued.
"But if there's one thing I learned from him—between getting beaten in every spar and being dragged out of bed before sunrise—it's this."
She looked down at Mya sleeping in her arms.
"You don't give up. Not when you have something... someone to protect."
She looked back at Sebastian.
"You deal with whatever comes your way."
She looked at the house. "So yeah, he is sick."
A pause.
"But we're not done."