Chapter 52: Stepping Outside

Delaney

Matteo is keeping me away from the main duties of the rebellion while he deliberates, and honestly, I’m not complaining.

I need the time to sit back and rest. I feel like I haven’t done that since I left the prison, where I had no much rest that I grew tired of it. It’s incredible how I now miss the peace and silence that came with being locked up. Out here in the world, everything is always moving so quickly, and there’s hardly enough time to think.

I’m alone now, though, and that helps. Paola went with her brother and Matteo to do goddess-knows-what, and I’m underground by myself in the little house they own. I’ve been sleeping all day, losing track of time. My body is still recovering from the multiple injuries I had, which seem to be fading now with each passing hour. The deeper wounds are still tender, but the burns in my legs haven’t scarred that much. One would have to look very closely to see them.

Not that I care about scarring or even appearances.

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