She couldn't fathom why he would send her a message so late, only to ask if she was asleep. Was it a coded message? Was there something more he wanted to say?

Normally, she would ignore messages like these and only reply the next day, but the feeling of isolation was too much for her to bear. She longed for someone to talk to, someone to fill the empty void in her heart.

So, Ariana decided to break her rule and reply.

She typed her reply to Holden.

"No. What's wrong?”