Chapter 69

ARIA

“How’re you, little fairy?”

Silence was the only answer I received before I heard a deep intake from the other side.

“How am I?” My sister’s voice was a hiss that made me close my eyes in despair. “HOW. AM. I?”

My lips trembled apart but not a single word poured out of them.

“WHERE ARE YOU?” Alara shouted into the phone, “A year. A FUCKING YEAR.” A grimace twisted my features. My sister didn’t curse but when she did, it was something rare.

“Listen…” I rubbed my face, wiping away any signs of wetness left.

“No.” I heard her bark, “You listen. Where are you? Do you know how worried I was? I searched for you. My sister. My sister, who had been the responsible one, disappears without a sign. For a year. No call. No message. WHY?”

Her last words were a tangled scream.

I breathed deeply, understanding her anger.

Her reaction was justified.

It wasn’t like that your sister vanishing without a word and barging back into your life after a year was normal.

I wanted to open my heart to her b