Chapter 140
Emilia's POV
I ought to have felt safe.
The trees were tall again. Fires had disappeared. And the sky--
There were stars in the sky.
There was silence among us. Everyone. The type of silence that is like someone is listening. Waiting.
I sat on the steps of the remains of the hall that were cold. My hands were scuffled. My knuckles are still bloody. I did not care.
A distance behind me was Lena, covered by a blanket. Nikolas sat nearby, with one arm over his knee, not speaking.
I raised my eyes.
The Moon was complete. Pale. Gentle.
Yet, too still.
Too still.
There was something wrong.
Does it feel to you? I asked.
Nikolas did not reply.
Then he looked up also. His jaws set.
Said Lena in a low voice; it is back.
I would have liked to have said no. The horror was
