Snippet: Loss

For context, this comes from the opening of a bit of fan fiction based on Mass Effect 3. If you haven’t played it won’t mean much.

Liara felt a flood of cold run through her body. The shock took a moment to process, but then realization came; her connection with Shepard was gone, leaving an empty void behind. In the noise and confusion surrounding her, Liara sat hard on the floor between a pair of cots. As medics rushed around the temporary facility, she put her face in her hands and brought her knees to her chest. “Shepard.” Tears blurred her vision and flowed down her cheeks. “Oh, Jane.”