Jasmine hasn’t been coping well since her sister, Kayla, passed. They had a strained relationship, and Jasmine believed it was her fault. She had always dreamed of fixing it and now she can’t. 

Weeks later, Kayla’s best friend takes Jasmine out to lift her spirits. But when Jasmine loses her wallet with the last photo she took with her sister, she panics. Eventually, she finds her wallet, but the photo is missing and replaced with a note starting Jasmine on her sister’s last game. 

Throughout the short story, Jasmine is faced with learning how her sister always felt about her. It’s a touching and moving story of getting to see Kayla’s feelings about having a sister who is neurodivergent. 

Sophomore year in college is your last chance to match with a dragon; if you don’t, you’re sent to the outskirts to die. Since necha’s are half-souls, without finding their dragon—their other half—they can’t handle their magic or survive.

Last year, Skylar was the first freshman to not have a single dragon select her name. She’s tempted to run this year and admit her defeat instead of being shamed at the matching ceremony. Everyone keeps telling her to give up, so why shouldn’t she? Even her therapist doubts her determination to fight for her survival. He claims that until she sees herself as worthy, no one will match her. But how can she do that when she finds her neurodivergent brain as a hindrance, not the extraordinary gift it is?

Will Skylar’s opinion change about herself before it’s too late?