Second Time Through Book IIChapter 42 Narvenia
Ileana led me slowly down the hall, stopping in front of the communal bathrooms, as Anna came out the door. She paused to look at me, then brushed my cheek with her lips. Ileana dropped my hand and stood on tiptoe to kiss my other cheek lightly. Neither said a word, so I turned and went in. The girls had scattered candles throughout the bathroom, and they flickered with the breeze. The rains had softened to a steady drumming on the roof, and the smell of fresh cut flowers, honeysuckle maybe,...