Previously…
"I tried using my powers to bring her back, but she was gone. And it was my fault."
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"No, it wasn't," I said, determined to make him feel better. I didn't know why or how, but I felt some sort of draw towards Edward. Like he was a lost puppy that demanded to be taken care of. It was a strange feeling, considering how much I'd hated him the day before.
"Yes, it was!" he exclaimed. "I wasn't looking, I wasn't seeing if she was ok. I thought she would be right back. I should have gone with her, or protected her, but I didn't. I didn't do anything. There was nothing I could have done…" He trailed off and cried in dry heaves into my lap. My tears fell into his hair as I leaned over to brush it back. "I loved her so much. She was my baby sister, and I had to protect her. Our parents blamed me for her death and kicked me out because they thought I was evil."
My head popped up at that last sentence. I wiped my eyes, asking, "Wait, how did she die? Shadows don't kill. They only take away emotion."
"They took enough for her heart to stop," he grimly whispered. "First, her happiness, her joy left her, then it stopped her heart altogether."