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
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~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.
My hands are planted firmly on the wooden seat, dampness gathering upon my palms.