Chapter 59: Hard Reunion

Emily

My whole body buzzes like a hornet’s nest.

Wrenched back to the present after a harrowing journey into the past, I’m still blinking away the trance-like haze. The world has just started spinning like normal again, and already I’m plunged into the center of a conflict. If only I had a moment to catch my breath.

But I’m me, right? I’m still Emily.

It’s difficult to explain, but vestiges of the past sit on my skin like a residue. As if I were to look in a mirror and still see Alita’s face staring back at me. Even if I know it’s impossible.

And yet—from the way Leander is looking at me, I almost wonder if he actually sees the things I’m merely feeling.