They carried out the vigil at dawn.

It was the first time the entire Sisterhood joined them in silent prayer. But it was also the first time such important figures in their little community had perished. To the outside world, Addie and Ellie had been two lower-ranked nobodies. In contrast to people like oh- one, and even Everie, they were non-threats.

But to the Sisterhood, they had been fires of passion and exuberance. They had been representative of the hope that they could be something different - that they could choose their own paths in life, regardless of the circumstances that had been forced onto them.

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Those flames had now been extinguished. And with their departure, Addie and Ellie had taken something irreplaceable along with them.

Everie left the funeral halfway through. She couldn’t bear to watch.

Selena let her.