It’s been just a few hours since Zion left with Elaine, leaving just me and Indigo in the house, but she had already grown on me. It didn’t help that she kept trailing behind me wherever I went, and it was funny.

If I got out of her sight for a minute, she would come barrelling through the house, sniffing everywhere to know where I was.

I looked behind me at my new shadow, where she lay sprawled on the kitchen floor as I did the dishes. I had to take her to Elena this morning, so I missed ...