Inside the main hall, countless people sat there, watching. Soldiers in uniform. Volunteers in civilian clothes. Medics with red armbands. They all sat scattered there, carrying faces that seemed as if they had been pulled from the ruins of their homes.
Stepping closer to the front row, Kai's breath caught.
In the second seat of the front row, Jinx sat quietly. Her hands were folded in her lap, her white hair pulled back from her face.
'Is that Jinx?' Kai's steps faltered, his mind reeling at how thin she had become.
Dark circles pressed beneath her eyes, her left arm wrapped in a sling that seemed too large for her body.
She stopped turning her head the moment she saw Kai from a distance.
For a moment, neither of them moved.
Then, as more heads turned toward the direction she was locked onto, her expression shifted to something Kai couldn't name.
