"The one and only," she smiles.
"Oh my God! Cecily!"
Without thinking, I run to hug her, unable to hold it. She's alive! She hugs me back with her small frame, visibly amused, but I just can't believe it. I was so sure she was dead! I can't believe she's there and standing in front of me!
"How... How the f**k are you alive?"
"I never said I was dead," she chuckles. "Well, I did take a f*****g long time healing, for sure. Burns are the absolute worst for my skin... Anyway, it was my idea to make you all think I was dead. Since we knew there was a traitor and I was apparently a target, I convinced Richard to let everyone think I'd died, so I could quietly leave the scene and watch from afar. Rather than staying hidden somewhere doing nothing, Richard sent me to dig those two out of t
