“Alex,” Luna said. I paused. Luna was looking straight at me. “You said last night that if you didn’t come back, it might be for the best. Well, I didn’t say this then, but I’m saying it now. If there’s any way you can make it back from this—any way—you take it. You don’t give up; you fight to the end. You understand?” I nodded. “Promise me,” Luna said. There was a fierceness in her eyes. “I promise,” I told her.
