EPISODE 15 — FINDING EACH OTHER

(POV: Dorcha) How can I just let her walk away like that? I follow her. "No, Dorcha" Baelkers says, stopping me. "It's her turn to be alone." Maybe he's right. But watching her vanish into the trees—running, furious, shaken—leaves a knot of dread tightening in my chest. I turn back to face him. "My apologies, Master. But Aileen isn't me. I have to go." I give him a brief bow and head into the forest. I have to find her. And fast. ----- (POV: Aileen) So. Let's recap. This morning… Dorcha wasn't with me. The boy who reassured me. Who walked me to the Trial. Who was hurled through the air and trapped by thorned vines. The boy who almost died— wasn't him. He was no one. Just like that disgusting elf I killed wasn't anyone either. So, summing it all up: I didn't kill anyone. Dorcha is fine. He…