chapter 162

chapter 41. A Long Night’s Watch My family was eating dinner in the dining room when I got home, giving me the perfect opportunity to sneak upstairs and into my room without running into anybody. I just wanted to be alone. I started to sob the moment my body hit my bed. I cried for a long while, until I eventually fell asleep, only waking up sometime late in the night when I heard a gentle knock on my door. My mom stepped into my room. “Dorothy?” she asked. “I didn’t hear you come home.” I could barely make out her figure in the darkness. She was wearing her pajamas, so I supposed she must have just finished putting my siblings to bed and was preparing to go to sleep herself. I was a bit disoriented, so it took me a moment to realize where I was and why my body felt like it had been hit by a truck. To be honest, I was surprised I had been able to sleep at all, especially without Ace by my side. I guess I had just exhausted myself with all my crying. When I remembered eve