Chapter 300

THOUGH THE ROOM SHOULD FEEL familiar it felt more like a distant dream, the one you caught snippets of throughout the day that left you wondering about it. I knew these rooms. I knew this space. But it wasn't home yet. Walking past the double doors to the enormous wardrobe, I entered the bathroom with a sigh of relief at the sight of the beautiful mosaic door that led to the shower. This was something I remembered well.

Movement made me jerk around, and then laugh at my sheepish expression in the mirror. After expecting to be attacked so often in the last couple of months, I could imagine I'd be jumpy for a while. Watching myself, I reached back to straighten the chain mail at the back of my neck then getting the angle right, drew open the seam. With a jiggle I dropped the top to the ground, glimpsing my bandaged breasts. The bras Ada had created were great, but hadn't held up to the extreme treatment of war. I couldn't wait to burn the horrid bandage, but it had lasted surprisingly w