For a week, there was silence in Alluveterre. With Squall at home, Wraith and Blur on a mission, and Della at home, Mr. Forkle and the girls were the only ones at the secret hideout.
Della and Squall were not coming back. They had resigned because of their loss, and they didn't want to be part of the fight anymore. Personally, Sophie thought they had no choice. The world was unraveling. Everyone was fighting. You couldn't escape.
The week stretched longer and longer until Sophie couldn't stand it anymore. She had to get out of here.
"Mr. Forkle?" She asked during dinner in the gazebo.
"Yes?"
"I've decided I'm going to...leave."
There was silence.
"What?" Biana asked.
"You can come to," she said to Biana. "I'm going to back to Havenfield..." her voice drifted off. Even looking at Edaline would be difficult.
Biana shook her head. "I can't face my family. Not after what I did." She whispered.
Sophie wasn't sure she could look at Dex or Fitz's family anymore. Edaline either. It hadn't been her fault, but she had pulled Sophie away from her friends.
"Sophie, you can't leave," Mr. Forkle protested. "You're the Moonlark."
"There's no one I can be the Moonlark for anymore. No one cares."
She had a point. Nobody but Wraith, Blur, Mr. Forkle, and Biana had seen Sophie for the past year. The world had given up.
Mr. Forkle sighed. "We'll talk later."
The two girls made their way back into the girls house, which was to the right of the gazebo.
"You can't leave." Biana said. "Please don't."
"I'm going to. I can't handle it here."
"So your going to leave me?"
"Biana, come with me. We don't need the Black Swan anymore. We're not a part of them without the boys."
"You know I can't just come home. It's more complicated than that."
"How do you know?"
"I just do, that's how."
"Biana! You have to face them at some point! I'm braving Edaline, you know how hard that will be! But I'm still doing it! It's better than staying here!"
"Going to Havenfield is easier! So is staying here! At least you don't have to go home to your family knowing you basically left your brother to die! You only have one person to face, and I have a whole family! You don't have to deal with them thinking I killed him!" Biana screamed.
"Well fine! Stay here! Hide away, alone forever, fearing your own loving family! That's fine by me! I don't need you! I just need to go home! I need—"
Her voice froze, stuck in her throat.
Then they both started crying.
And Sophie knew she was never leaving Biana behind. Ever.