Chapter 16
Valdier:
The Hive
Phoenix yawned and slowly opened her eyes. She snorted a laugh when Stardust wiggled underneath her, causing her body to move like she was floating on water. She rolled over onto her stomach and buried her face against the soft, golden body of her symbiot.
“I guess you’re feeling better,” she murmured.
She looked out of the cave and gently bit down on her bottom lip. Guilt swept through her at the thought of worrying her parents, her sister, and the others, but she knew if she had tried to explain, they would have prevented her from coming. She rubbed her cheek against Stardust.
“There is so much pain, Stardust. I have to help,” she whispered aloud.
The symbiot shifted, flowed out from underneath her, and stood up. Phoenix giggled when she found herself
