plans awry

She may have fallen asleep sitting up. It wasn't very long since she called, or she didn't think so anyway, before his voice and touch startled her into lifting her head. She stared at him for a long moment, not quite sure what he'd asked, but when she realized he really was there she sought to press herself against him with a weary desperation. No, she was not all right. Not at all. She'd gone from furious at Neios to feeling so lost, so alone in the space of her journey. So exhausted it was all she could do to keep from crying now that she was safely with Valentine, though she didn't - just took a long, shaky breath. When she finally spoke, her voice was filled with a weary bitterness. "He left me again, Valen. I spent my whole trying to find my way back to my family and when I finally do, they all abandon me. Even Neios is gone now."