Forty Seven

RPOV—One Month Later

A raindrop landed on my window.

I pressed my finger to the glass that separated us, tracing its path as it clumsily slithered down. It collided with other raindrops along the way; however, that only drew it closer to its fall. Before I realized it, my finger ran out of glass to glide on, and the raindrop vanished, now replaced by its brethren that fell from the depressing sky.

"Wouldn't it be wonderful, if we could disappear and be forgotten as easily as raindrops?"

Startled, I jerked around and found Lissa standing in the doorway of my bedchamber. I began to relax at her presence, but then I noticed that her jade-green eyes were troubled, and she wore a black dress that starkly contrasted her pale skin. Something—someone—was bothering her, and I immediately knew the cause of her distress.

"Can I talk to you?" my ex-stepsister asked, fidgeting with the hem of her lacy sleeve.

"Of course. Come sit with me." Lissa wordlessly joined me on my bed and folded her legs u