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~Akara

I freeze, staring at him as the information sinks in.

"Where is she?" I question breathlessly.

Tai's mother survived, or at least that is what I've been believing since I read Tai's journal, and now, this confirms it. I must have figured it out prior to reading the journal, meaning my distrust of Tai during that time was impossibly high.

"She's staying in the room next door," Grey tells me. "I found out where she was and wrote to her regarding you. Thankfully she came here to speak to you."

I breathe out slowly, processing that. This is just what I need, to talk to someone who has a deeper insight about who Tai is.

"Take me to talk to her," I demand, closing the gap between Grey and I. Maria...I know her name only because Tai uttered it once.

He grabs my arm, stopping me from barging past him and out the door. "Woah...hold on. Can't we talk first?"

"Grey, you need to understand that you and I will never happen, okay?" I tell him firmly. There is no point hiding it from him, tha