Redtail Rise other loves, other vices

she was gone before he even had a chance to say another word, and his heart was lodged firmly in his throat as he watched her leave. he couldn't swallow, he couldn't breathe.

he had failed. he couldn't tell a soul about this, even if she hadn't told him not to. dawn would never forgive him if she knew aditya had managed to find easy again--and then let her slip from his grasp. a leaf on the wind. would he even see her again?

i'll see you in another life, brother.

another life, perhaps. but they would be different. they already were. aditya sank back against the tree again, his previous despair multiplied tenfold. he couldn't escape the morningsiders even when he ran away.