All Chapters of Beneath the confession : Chapter 31 - Chapter 33

Jordan's POV Safiya's pictures were out. That fact alone had shifted the risk balance for everyone still inside the walls.I felt the change the moment I crossed out of my cell. Less casual greetings. More deliberate glances. The usual sound of bells and footsteps went on, but underneath it something had become taut.I took my morning offices with a studied indifference. Caterina stood where she usually stood, among the novices. Our eyes met once, in the chapel, a quick acknowledgment that we’d both made it back safely and that the mission of the night had been a success. But that had to wait for the rest of the exchange.One of the younger priests, who had not previously shown much interest in me, stopped me in the cloister after the service. It was a polite, pointless question, an obvious attempt to take my measure. I made a brief reply and went on. The watching wasn’t so discreet anymore.Agnes found me at the entrance to the scriptorium. She spoke in a low voice, without any intr