Mathilda
He added.
“Similar to a war? How so?”
“You will have to wait and see for yourself.” His fingertip was still warm as it accidentally met mine on the seat, “I know you can pass through it. It is the other sisters I am worried about.”
“Should I give them hell?” I asked him.
But he was thinking a different battle arm, “No, act like you have been through hell.”
I was correct. Sister Katarina’s questioning even took longer than Sister Ana’s. Gabriel was gone in a flash as the knight returned to fetch the last witness. He led me out, and he stayed at my back as we walked on the corridor.