Chapter Twenty-nine
For a while, Harrow said nothing. He dragged a hand across his forehead, eyes downcast. ‘In that meditative state, I saw what happened in my life as Ned Lillibridge after you wrote me that letter of farewell.
‘You’d been executed for heresy, and I was torn between honouring and resenting you. I felt extremely cheated that you should have put yourself in danger. It felt like a major rejection, you having been so careless with your self-preservation. You’d left me, and I hated you for it. And yet, another side of me wanted to make you proud. I knew you were up there in the Dream Sphere, able to observe what happened in my life.
‘I did my best to look after Lucy, but Lucy was inconsolable. Because she was so totally heartbroken, she became withdrawn. Occasionally she’d
