A guard escorted her back.
He walked three steps behind her, keeping pace with her slow steps.
The hollow feeling remained, and she struggled to remember the conversation she'd just had with her family. All she knew was that it had brought tears to her eyes, and might just be the last.
"Teddy,"
Theo stopped. The voice sounded familiar, and when she looked up and saw a boy with shaggy brown hair and brown eyes staring back at her, it took her a second to remember who he was.
Eric. Her best friend.
Eric. Her Crush.
Eric. The one she had once trusted.
He was standing by a door, one foot in and the other out as though he was scared of completely stepping out of the room. He had some dark circles, and even though he stood like he was alright, she noticed the subtle tremors of his body.
She hadn't seen him ever since that night. Something told her he was in the castle with her, but she never bothered herself with that. She and Eric were something of the past.
