If I hadn't learned my lesson, I would have wished we could stay there forever. But I knew better now. We'd seen what we'd come to see. The way to trick death. Breathe in. Breathe out. Watch as it all rises upwards, black and blue into the even bluer sky.

“People in the courtroom let loose with their disgust, cursing us, d--ning us, w…”

“Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both wat…”

“Remember what I've told you. Remember me. ”

“...even though she felt a wave of dread. If they knew she was nervous, she'd be…”