Chapter 37: Go Back

I lay my head on Ambrose’s shoulder as he trails soothing circles on my back.

I can’t help but smile.

This is real. Sometimes it feels like if I blink, it’ll be gone. But when I open my eyes, he’s still here and that fear disappears.

“You don’t have any secret tattoos I should know about, right?” I ask him.

“What?” he laughs.

“Just wondering!”

“No, no tattoos.”

There’s a pause before he asks, “What did you find out, Hera?”

“I’m not sure where to start,” I say.

“Wherever you want to.”

“Okay.” I take a moment to think and start by telling him about the wax seal on the letter that was my assignment.

“Right, I knew about that,” he responds.

“Well, I kept seeing that symbol. Everywhere. And no one knew to whom it belonged. Then, during that ambush of our carriage, I saw the symbol inked into an attacker’s skin. Today, I saw it on Lucas’s arm.”