Like watching a vase slip off a counter, Jassyn allowed himself to shatter. Bracing against a surge of grief, talons of despair pried open his ribs, scraping over his heart. Jassyn sank into his misery, letting the gloom swallow him. He dropped his head into his arms, and with an anguished sob tearing free from his chest, a piece of him sundered and slipped away.
