Chapter Twenty-One
I stood outside my house and tried to calm my pounding heart. I had to face walking through the front door without seeing Gran there to greet me. It wouldn’t be as bad as the first time I’d done it, but I still wanted to turn and run.
Thoughts raced through my head. So much had happened since I was here last. So much had changed, but the house looked the same as it always did. The creaky front steps. The covered verandah with the creeping vines. The stained wooden door with the small stained glass window.
I took a long slow breath.
I wondered how Zhenna and Mosuti were doing. They should have been reunited with their families and friends by now.
Four days into our journey home, we’d received news about Tamisan.
The d**g Starrick had given her was meant to block her
