Chapter 201 Chapter

The short journey down the corridor towards Amy's room always felt like the walk of the Green Mile, steadily putting one foot in front of the other as I headed towards my death. Dodging the gauntlet of the hate-filled looks and barrage of suspicion along the way was bad enough, but it didn't get any better once that door was closed and I was on the other side. Tonight, however, it wasn't Charlie and the others that waited for me but Lucius, who was sat cross-legged by the door to Amy's room, slowly turning the pages of a comic book that rested on his lap. His gloves were by his side, no doubt discarded because they made it too cumbersome to flick through the pages of whatever had captured his keen interest this time and he looked up as I approached, flashing me a warm wide smile. "Hey kiddo," I said, crouching down in front of him. "What are you doing here?" I wasn't sure I liked him being this close to the room, this close to Amy. It just conjured up images of raven's claws and Caelan