I don't even remember the ride back to the academy. We piled into Reed's car. I laid down in the backseat feeling lost, alone, and completely empty. Tears streamed down my face onto the seat like they would never end.
I was a raging inferno of grief and fury.
It was evening by the time we rolled into the school's parking lot. Not saying a word, I went straight to my dorm room. There, I locked myself in, not even caring if Kento or Reed guarded me. They were both right. If it wasn't for me, Jasper would be alive and my mom. I doubled over, pain shooting through my middle. If it wasn't for me, my mom wouldn't have been attacked, she'd be safe. I huddled on the floor. Not feeling the strength to move or do anything but cry.
When sunlight peeked through my window, I still didn't get up, I o
