Her Fiancé Dumped Her for Crippled Roots, So She Climbed the Mountain on Ash novel · Chapter 18 of 24

Chapter 18: The Seat

The officer ran.

He took the nine hundred steps two at a time and didn't look back once.

Lian's second self watched him go.

Then it walked back to her and stepped into her chest, and it was gone.

The burn closed over the place where it had been, enormous and familiar.

Xiu was off the litter before anyone could stop her.

She ran three steps, tripped on the blanket and caught herself on Lian's arm.

She didn't let go.

"You're gray," Xiu said. "Your face is gray."

"It'll sink back down."

"You went down the well." Xiu's voice climbed. "You went down the well, and you came back up it!"

"I said I would."

"You said it to Kong! You didn't say it to me!"

Lian put her free arm around her sister and held on.

Xiu was shaking.

Under her hand, Lian could feel Xiu breathing slow and deep, the way the outer court taught.

"Is it still staying in?" Lian asked.

"All of it." Xiu pulled back and wiped her face with both sleeves. "I can feel my roots, Lian. Like I could before."

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