Chapter 66: Snow and Knives
Alex
I had been sitting in the garden for a very long time. I sat there for so long that I almost forgot where I was. I did not move, and I did not speak. I just sat on the cold stone bench and looked at the trees. The rest of the world felt very distant to me. Everything felt muted, as if the entire world had been covered in a heavy blanket.
I let the snow fall over me. I did not try to brush it off. Tiny white flakes landed in my hair and stayed there. They landed on my eyelashes and against my warm cheeks. The snow melted the moment it touched my skin, turning into small drops of water that felt like cold tears.
The freezing cold did not bother me at all. If anything, I welcomed the chill. It was better to feel the cold on my skin than to feel the heat of
