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The wind howled outside and rattled the glass in its frame. Needle shaped raindrops fell from the sky and hit the window. Overhead thunder rumbled, and every few minutes blue lightning flashed and lit up the dark grey clouds. Beside the window, Ben laid on his bed and watched the storm. While the lightning reminded him of Five, the rain was something he always connected with Vanya. He missed them both so much. It had been years since Five vanished, and his sister was at a boarding school outside the country for over a year now.
His mind lingered on the hurricane raging inside his chest. As the years went on, it had become clearer to Ben that he didn’t see a future for himself. Most of his siblings had plans and dreams for when they grew up and left, but Ben couldn’t see himself as an adult. Outside the Academy, there wasn’t a space for him; not one where he’d be treated like a normal human. His future was a blank space. His present too filled with the screaming in his ears and the guilt in his heart.