She keeps moving, haunting the corridors of the ship, seeing, touching, but never lingering, trying to distract herself from a world that doesn’t make sense anymore and the knot of emotions she didn’t even know she could feel all at once. Relief. Shock. Guilt. They were right to be suspicious of her in Yonte Saire, for there was not a single important word they spoke in her presence that didn’t reach the queen’s ears. A small miracle they haven’t already kicked her off the ship, and even Tuk winked at her when they made eye contact shortly after he came onboard. She expected he’d be furious.
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