Chapter 352: Pawn to Queen

~ ASH ~

A week. Almost a whole, fucking week out here, sitting in this cabin with a frightened and frustrated Lizbeth. We'd been left completely alone. I'd been forced to hunt to keep us fed. Thankfully the Palace grounds were always abundant in herds and it had only taken a couple of hours to get a deer.

But still… this wasn't a permanent solution. Neither of us was safe if the Physicists caught wind of where we were. They'd definitely come for me if they thought I was working against them. And they'd come for Lizbeth if they believed they had any hold on her—or could gain one.

I was still uncertain on that point.

I couldn't imagine the upheaval in the Palace right now. It had kept me awake at night at times, wondering if there were hordes of Physicists about to descend upon us… but it had been completely quiet out here. The calmest and quietest days I'd experienced for years.