We clung to each other for a long time, Destiny giving us some space. I could hear her talking, the murmurs of Tulip and Mafdel as the three spoke, felt the flickers of their auras but blocked them out so I could just stand there and hug Adam like I'd wanted to since the moment we met.

It was silly in a lot of ways, really, how attached I felt to him. After all I'd known him for only a handful of days, speaking with him only a few times. But the connection I felt ran ...