I’d felt distant from the mortals who surrounded us for my entire childhood, always secretly hoping for a love that might surpass my difficulties and see beyond them. But we never would have fit in that place, even if I’d worked harder to play nice, had smiled more or tried to make friends with people who didn’t understand me. Because our home was here, in Solaria. And that was where I’d found my place at last, with Darcy right there beside me.
