Chapter 71

"Beauty awakens the soul to act."

-Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

I had a feeling that we were going to have a tail. I suspected Rodriguez first or someone from Arthur's entourage, but for a long time I wasn't sensing any demons nearby. Only when we left the crowded street another person's emotions hit me hard and I figured that we were being followed. My sixth sense indicated that someone had been tailing us since we left the train station in Reading. Something was definitely off, but I was willing to let it go for now. Emma was getting anxious and Zach was thinking about his missing sister.

I thought about Arthur for a moment, remembering the way he stared at me when he discovered that he had a daughter. Regret and anger resurfaced, and a hot boiling guilt poured inside my stomach. I wished that I had done more in the past. Now it seemed like I was chasing my own tail, trying to put together broken pieces from my life.