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Chapter 44: Freedom
Half an hour later I was in the hallway of the Pheonix packhouse tying my boots as I sat on the bottom step of the stair. Theodore had just shrugged on his jacket and was now reaching for the coat stand.
He plucked the jacket off the top and thrust it in my direction.
It was mine. The one I left on Tobias's body.
I took it and stared down at it.
"What did you do with their bodies?" I asked, clutching the brown leather between my fingers.
"Burnt them," he replied. "The ashes are in the pocket of your jacket."
I reached into the pocket to find a glass vial filled with what looked like just the grey soot of a fire. I wrapped my fist tight around it and held it close to my chest.
"Can I sprinkle them on Nightingale territory?" I asked.
He paused for a second before nodding, "Lou will escort you to wherever you want before I claim the pack."
I reached for my bow but Theodore's hand got to it before me.
"You don't need
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