Chapter 26
My reflection looked back at me in disapproval as I checked myself in the mirror one last time. Aunt Lily had shoved me into a hot shower, explaining quite bluntly what I had done wrong. She hadn’t sounded cross, exactly, but I still felt bad. And confused. Nakedness was such a non-issue in Eden that I had to keep remembering that people here were affected by it in a primal way that my Eden friends weren’t. At least not often, and when they were it was regarded as a precious and exciting gift. Partnerships there lasted a lifetime, and in Eden that was saying something.
I would apologise to Noah and Tessa, but I had struggled at first to understand why Bane was so upset. I had thought I understood how he felt about me. What did he really want? Flickers of doubt had begun to inv
