Curnen wrapped her arms around his neck and shook violently, so hard that she didn't know if she would be able to keep to her feet without Coby there to hold onto.

She did not cry. Or scream. Or make a single sound. Only hid herself inside the circle of black feathers and tried not to fall completely to pieces.

And yet for as grateful as she was, she felt the absence of Kash like an icy weight in her stomach.