CHAPTER 98: SWEET WELCOMES

FREYA'S POV:

Once I pass through the gates, I hear the car pulling away and my chest constricts again, but I keep moving forward not, daring to look back.

My eyes sting with warmth.

I take a deep breath again, moving forward.

It’s not like I won’t see him again, right? We go to the same school. The distance is just necessary for now.

I walk a for few more minutes, rubbing my arms from the cold breeze that suddenly hits.

“Freya!”

I hear her scream before I see her. I turn to my left a second before she crashes into me and we both fall onto the ground.

“Xena…”

I know it’s her from her familiar scent and just how tightly she squeezes my ribs, almost cracking the ones that have just started healing.

“Freya!” She says again, just as she begins balling her eyes out in tears.

Her body trembles against me as she wails out without a care of who might see or hear her.

“Xena…” I say, trying to pry her off me but my hands are weak for some reason and grow even weaker with every tug till my eyes g