Chapter One Hundred & Sixteen

~ Zora

We were able to get about five hours of sleep before we prepared for Kirsten's funeral. I mentally said a prayer of thanks for being forced to nap as I now felt instantly better.

Nox looked better as well and the bags under his eyes seemed to have reduced drastically. While we prepared, I kept mulling over the thought of him having a past love but I decided it wasn't yet time to ask.

Once he was dressed, he left so Emelda could come in and help me dress. We settled for a simple black knee length gown, on black transparent thigh high stockings with a semi-large brim hat that had a dark net attached to it.

We decided I wouldn't go with flashy earrings but instead of a pearl necklace, I wore a simple pendant with a crescent moon at the bottom. Soon, I was in the passenger seat of Nox's car heading to the place where the funeral would take place.

My phone buzzed and I checked it to see a message from Hailey.

"Hey Sis."

A feeling of relief and excitement floods my system and I fi