>>18561748>>18561786Colby Jefferson is exhausted. She hasn't slept in days. Panic, grief, and panic again had kept her desperately moving, even at the frayed edges of exhaustion. But now she is warm and safe, with her friends gathered around.
Everything is still not all right. It'll never quite be all right.
Sapphire, Jennifer Emilia, is dead.
But a part of her may somehow be with them still. And by the grace of fortune and circumstance, the rest of her friends are with her, safe and alive.
Her hand searches for Nikki Kade's, under the blanket. (Oops, heh. That wasn't a hand.) There it is. She squeezes Nikki's hand softly in her own. Her other arm falls over Amy Flame's waist in a comfortable, familiar position. She finds herself wishing she could hold Priscilla somehow too.
If she can just hold onto all of her friends, she won't lose any more.
With that thought in her mind, Colby Jefferson falls into a deep slumber.
