After a few more jokes and a little conversation with Ashleigh, Alice agreed to rest after she called Axel.
Ashleigh left the room with a smile as she heard the change in Alice’s voice when Axel picked up the call. There was warmth, a softness in her playful tone as she made light of her health issues and reassured him that she felt fine.
She closed the door and found herself leaning back against the wall. She could hear the faint echo of Alice’s laugh.
Ashleigh couldn’t believe the difference in their relationship over such a short time.
She understood that she and her Luna had accepted each other, that she was whole again. But she hadn’t realized how much control the whispers had over her mind before.
Even with all of Lily’s warnings, it hadn’t seemed possible that she was not in control of her own thoughts.
But, since that day at the lab, she had not heard one of them. Not even Lily.
Ashleigh took a deep breath.
