Chapter 233 False Face

• Xandra
• Lieutenant Hana grabs one end of the rope binding Finn and I together, yanks, and the whole tie comes undone in a heartbeat. But even as Vedran’s glamor shimmers into nothingness, as the other boats appear on either side of us, I can still feel the scrape of that sailing rope on my skin. Under it. In my very mind.
• I glance at Finn. He glances back at me, apology and love in one gaze. He knows he’ll be apologizing for how long this took for a very, very long time.