Chapter 58

CRYSTAL POV

Warm sunlight brushed my cheek from the small window of the metal bird as it cruised above the white milky clouds in the early hours of the morning, right before it broke through the horizon. Duncan was nuzzled in his seat, his head cradled by the pillow provided by the hostesses while he held onto my hand like he was afraid I’d vanish while he was still sleeping.

My whole body hurt, and my throat felt like I had camels racing up and down in the tunnel of the muscles, leaving dug holes into the soft delicate surface.

My eyes were puffy from crying, my nose was blocked from the recent episode of breaking into sobs, and my chest heaving after every 15 seconds.

I laid back and sunk into the seat, watching the early birth of the day as the sun stroked the clouds with its harmonious rays, probably casting wonderful fountains and halos to the earth below us.

Funny how this yesterday I had a smile bigger than the entire purple galaxy, and now I was sobbing as though I had just