Chapter 75

Deidre

“Good evening, Luna.”

“Good evening, Benjamin. I hope you had a good day.”

He winces as if in pain, but then politely smiles. I pull up the sleeves of my baggy sweatshirt and take off my hat, smoothing my hair. The evening was warmer than I anticipated. He asks, “Do you really need the cloak and dagger?”

I laugh. “It’s just easier this way. Peace is harder to come by these days it seems.”

“I understand.”

I’m not sure that he does, but don’t question him. The nice thing about our arrangement is that he hasn’t once sent me away or asked too many questions. I’d like to keep it that way.

“Where will you be setting up this evening?” He asks this question every night I’ve come here, and every night I give him the same answer. “It’s been a few evenings since you’ve been here, so I wasn’t sure if you made progress on your project.”

True. Ever since the arrival of the Chiyads, I’ve been extra careful and haven’t been by.

“Unfortunately I haven’t made any progress on it since I