Cassie scoffed. “There’s no way whatever it is you’re feeling now is going to outweigh what it’ll feel like when he’s gone.” For her, everything was a ‘when’, not an ‘if’. It was all just a matter of time before either she got sent home or her parents did and she wasn’t prepared for either of those scenarios.
“And if your dad and your best friend are from your world, that’s different. You’re still going back to them, even if it’s not the same way it is here. But for people who don’t have anyone from their world? This place is Hell.” There was a selfish part of her that missed Nick and just wanted to go back to fighting all the time. At least that was normal, something she’d have in Madison and in their world. Cassie glanced at Maya, almost daring her to make an argument otherwise.