Chapter 5 No. 5

CRYSTAL.

The universe was surely playing a trick on me.

For a long moment, I just stood there, frozen, staring at him like my mind needed time to catch up with what my eyes were seeing.

"Ja... Jaden?" I whispered before I could even summon the decency to stop myself.

He blinked, like the sound of his name from my mouth had hit something deep. "Crys