[~♠CORAL♠~]

I sigh for the umptieth time, unable to concentrate on the book I was reading. I close the book, collapsing into the wall of pillows behind me, another sigh breaks out of me and I toss the book to the side and close my eyes, letting my mind drift off to an endless plane.

Mother's words play subtly in my mind, drifting like a cloud in the silent dark. My mind becomes a place I’m trapped in and suddenly I start to feel lonely in my own thoughts.

My nostrils tingle and my eyes peel open as I catch a certain scent in my room, “Kiara?”

A hitched breath...