*Amaya*

I sat back in my chair. I didn’t want to hear anymore. I’d heard enough. My brother was alive and safely back in Emerald Mountain. The bane of my existence was dead. I felt relieved. I felt a giant weight lifted from my shoulders. I was beside myself. I didn’t know what to do with my time now that everything had fallen into place.

I looked around the room, and everything felt right. For the first time in a long time, I was allowed to ...