MAVERICK.
I needed pain.
I needed a distraction.
The sound of swords clanging against each other followed me as I walked down the quiet trail leading into the forest. I walked aimlessly, with no idea where I was going or what I planned to do. I just needed space. Space to do something. Anything that could take away this… empty damning feeling.
I didn't know how to react, what to do to fit into my mind that my mother… Umma is alive. And that I had a sister. A twin sister.
I had Aiden. Now I have… Lisa.
My birth mother was alive, as well.
The trail continued deeper into the forest, leading me south. I was starting to regret my choice of not finding something warmer to wear before I stormed out of the room in just a flimsy shirt. Despite the cold, however, the trees looked alive and
