Chapter XXIV

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August 10th, 2020

Days after the August 3rd fight

Days.

It had been days since Draken had been admitted to the hospital.

And every single one of them felt like a never-ending nightmare.

One minute, Draken had been getting jumped, and I had been there to save his ass.

The next, Kiyomasa had stabbed him.

And then I had watched him collapse.

Watched the color drain from his face.

Watched the strongest person I knew become frighteningly still.

The thought of losing him terrified me.

But there was something else that scared me even more.

Mikey.

If Draken died, it wouldn't just take a piece of Draken with him.

It would take a piece of Mikey, too.

Draken was the person who kept him grounded. The person who could pull him back whenever that darkness inside him began whispering too loudly.

Without Draken...

I didn't know what would happen to Mikey.

And I didn't know what would happen to Toman.

The thought made my head spin.

Neither of us spoke.

There wasn't anything left to say.

The rain hammered against us as we weaved through traffic.

I could feel Mikey trembling beneath me.

At first, I thought it was from the cold.

Then I realized.

He was crying.

He was trying so desperately to hide it.

The rain made it impossible to tell where the water ended and his tears began.

Mikey never let people see this side of him.

He was supposed to be Toman's invincible commander.

The strongest.

The one everyone looked toward when things fell apart.

But right now?

He was just a boy terrified of losing his best friend.

I tightened my arms around him.

"Mikey..."

He didn't answer.

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