He stiffened. Dramatically. It made the girl shudder. Normally she would have let the odd action pass unnoticed but what escaped his lips made even her own blood run cold. That name, those words. She had not heard them in years. Her chest seemed to cave into itself. He was dead.
Was she dreaming? There was no other explanation. It seemed truly impossible that her … brother … would find her after so long. A mix of emotions seemed to run through the youth like a river. Anger, despair, longing, depression, fear. The feelings made Ever recoil as if Overo had struck her.
“That’s impossible!”
The girl nearly shrieked, stretching out the last word so he could understand. His eyes made her think of her mother, something she wouldn’t like to return too. It was like a horrible movie being played over. Ever shook her head lightly and stared at the ground. They had left them. All alone.
“Overo is dead, and if it weren’t for him Malaei would still be alive and I wouldn’t be half empty!”
Now she was going into hysterics. No one had seen her like this for the wall she had built was thick with dread. But now everything seemed to blow up in front of her.