28. Naomi

I’m grateful my lookout spot is focused on the packhouse because right now that’s the only place my eyes are drawn to. I saw Finn and Sawyer talking before, Tucker taking his leave across the huge market square.

Now Finn is inside talking with Cillian. My women are placed across the outskirts of the town, the furthest perimeters are under safe surveillance.

He’s going to tell him about Zena. The vision he was given. Finn is going to know I didn’t tell him everything. What will he think of me keeping such a secret?

Shit. Would it have really been so hard to just explain?

I knock my head against the wooden rafter and beg Impes to change the record.

During the war, I spent months cooped up in this small roof space.

I look up to the night sky and wonder all over again just what was going through Leona’s mind those few days we spent together at Rising Star. The quiet of the night allows me to think too much.

That was one of the reasons it was so hard during the war. Too much sit