Part 2: Chapter 18

Dimitri

Arya fell asleep almost immediately after the shower. Even as she tried to act brave and confident, today was an emotionally draining day for her. In the short period of time I’ve known her, she’s always been gentle, so the fact that she’s taken two lives in the space of 24 hours still has to register with her. She will need me when she’s realised that she now has blood on her hands.

/“Mitri, are you there?”/ The voice of Nikolai comes through the mind link.

/“Yeah, I am. How's Nova? Is everything okay?”/

/“She’s awake and healing, so things are looking positive for now. Listen, Nova told me something about Arya, something she picked up on.”/

My heart drops when he says this, but I tell him to go on even as I dread to know what that little librarian has discovered.

/“Fear, thick and suffocating, was rippling off of Arya when she went to drop her off at home. It was almost as if she feared going home for some reason.”/

I sigh, pulling Arya closer to me and kissing her fo