Chapter 74: Chapter 74: About Duet

I sit on the edge of the bed and bounce gently, wondering at the luxury of a mattress to sleep on. I've spent so many nights on the hard ground or inside the train car the idea of closing my eyes under clean sheets and cradled by softness is amazing.

Duet stands in the corner, watching me, shifting from one foot to the other. After dinner, Ever took Poppy and Beckett for a tour, telling Duet to show me to my room. She's stood there ever since, the dog at her feet, not saying anything.

It's odd how comfortable I feel with her, despite her silence, as if this is the normal way of things for us. Perhaps she's more like she used to be than I know, less damaged by the delivery than by her cloning. And yet, I can't bring myself to believe the man I now know as Antoine would send her here, wherever he's sent us from, if she wasn't able to fulfill the task.