[RUSSEL]
And so, for the rest of the night, the team caught up with each other's lives, reminding each other what was important to them and what wasn't. It was a wholesome reunion, one that sure put a break to the madness they had all endured to get to this point.
It wasn't easy, but they had known that going in, so this wasn't surprising. By dawn, Malika created a second batch of portals to get everyone back to where they had been, which was all good, but the same couldn't be said for Amina and Mbali.
Amina had left sure, but she had spent the entire night staring at her mate who was determined to ignore her. It was like Mbali didn't want her there.
"Maybe in another life, you and I would have been happier. Maybe the skies could have been kinder to us, but I guess this is it for me and you mi reina. Until the next life, hermosa," Amina had whispered in Mbali's ear that night.