Rose's perspective:

Shay slides into the office between Eddie's and mine. She has the saddest air about her. It breaks my heart. She gives me the smallest of smiles.

"Hi." I say softly.

"H-HI." Her voice is hoarse, like she hasn't spoken in a while.

I don't know where to go from here. Come on Eddie, where are you? Speak of the devil, he walks through the door. In his hands are three large Starbucks cups. He sets them down silently, one by one.

"Thanks." Says Shay. I repeat.

"That only leaves you, Hathaway." Eddie says.

"Only me to do what?"

"To buy our coffees. You haven't put in yet." He points out.

I puff indignantly. My day has so not been going right. Hans has put me in the office again. He says it's only for today. Thank god.

Dimitri's perspective:

I am worried about her. I haven't been sleeping much lately which makes Rose worry about me. Shay barely speaks. But when she does, it's soft and sad. But I hardly have time to check up on her. I'm to busy being Christian's Guardian. I try to talk to her, but nothing I say with get her to smile. Her birthday is coming up, but when I asked her what she plans on doing, she just shrugged and said 'probably nothing'. I'm walking in the Court's jewelry store with Christian, since he wants to buy something for Lissa. A congratulatory present on passing the law about having a family member to be eligible to vote on the council. I meander along with him. He spots a rose-gold ring ahead. It has a Latin imprint that says Si vis amari, ama.

"What does it mean?" He asks me.

"If you wish to be loved, love."

He turns to the shopkeeper.

"I'll take it. Can you also wrap it fancy please?"

"Of course." She says, scurrying to fulfill his requests.

"Isn't Shay's birthday coming up?"

"Yes." I say suspiciously.

"What are you going to get her?"

Dimitri hadn't thought about it. He had only been thinking of how to get his childhood best friend to smile, to laugh again. Jewelry was pointless since a Guardian could hardly fight with it on. After Shay's feat of young murder, she read To Kill a Mockingbird. She had also just finished learning Latin at the time. She had said she would love to read it in Latin, but never did.

"I'm going to get her a book."