The Cost of Remembering

Clara

When I return to the present, the room is completely silent. Alden is still holding my hand, though he also holds a bucket in case I need to be sick. Cyrus is watching me closely, as if trying to decipher my mental state. Evander, Matthias and Wyatt look on from the doorway in a horrified hush. I hadn’t been wild about having them here with me during such a vulnerable time, but in the end we