Rissa’s POV

I couldn't focus with all of this chaos all around me this past few weeks.

Ash still drifted in the air as we moved through the river’s edge, the sound of running water the only thing steady in a world that no longer felt real. Every step sent dull pain through my limbs, a reminder that I was still here alive.when others weren’t.

Mark walked ahead, silent, his eyes scanning the ground. The moonlight caught in his hair, in the streaks of dried blood on his collar. He ...