My hands brush against the wall, letting it guide me down the hallway as the darkness blinds me.
I'm not sure where I'm going, but it's far from the commotion downstairs. The screaming has ceased, but there are a lot of people moving, like the rebel group are rounding people up and moving them about. How many are there? Tai should be okay down there, but what if he isn't? He needs to stay for his people, but part of me wishes I had encouraged him to come with me.
Suddenly, the lights in the hallway flicker on. Flinching, I cover my eyes until they adjust to the sudden assault of light, and once they finally do, I realise that Vaia is standing in the hallway with me.
Eight days later. I stare out the window, but see nothing but my own face staring back at me. The nights here in the Azure Province are long and cold, snow falling ever since we arrived a few days ago. We decided this would be the best place to flee to, hidden in the back of a freight train that Tai smuggled us onto. We almost didn't survive the cold, but we had both agreed this Province would be the last place Marek would look. It's too obvious. The door opens from behind me, the heavy wood creaking on it's metal joints. Glancin
~AkaraShe clasps my forearms, smiling at me through watery eyes.
Days passed by quickly working at the Inn.
The time is now. I have a job to do, and then I'm done.
My day off. I’ve been looking forward to this.
I feel foolish for telling him goodnight.
I can't tell what hurts the most. My head, or my back.
Managing to have found the smoothest slab of stone in the cave, I lay myself upon it.