*Claire*

It was frightening to think I had found comfort from the dark. 

The moment my eyes opened, a face of a beautiful woman welcomed me. She had introduced herself as Alix. 

"I told you not to be afraid. I am your friend," she told me, her tone softer as it had been the first time she talked to me. 

"Sorry..." I felt ashamed by my hesitant and stubborn attitude, especially remembering those times when I strongly refused their warnings about Ajax. 

They were right and I was wrong. What both Ursual and Alix told me and warned me about―they were all the truths I had ignored, time and time...