CHAPTER 23CHARLIE
December 18, 2090
“Every glittering moment carried them farther away from murdering pendant thieves, infected cities, and cities under siege. The train picked up speed once again, racing through darkness toward hope for a better future and the only place that had ever felt like home.” I let my binder fall to the desk and looked up at Lareina, who was sitting in the armchair across from me. We had spent the past three days going over her story, and when everyone in the house thought I was sleeping, I transformed it into the narrative she wanted.
“That’s perfect.” She smiled and I felt relieved at the possibility I wouldn’t have to rewrite the last chapters for a third time. “I couldn’t have described it better.”
Miserable after Griff’s revelations about Isabelle and ru
