Chapter 253

• The thought struck me like a clenched fist, sharp
• enough to force a hiss from my lips. I had to let go of the past. Not only for Leonardo’s sake but for my own. A lifetime seemed endless to humans, yet now, to me, it felt like a fast-running clock.
• I ran my tongue over my lips, watching Leonardo. I needed to forgive him, to open myself to him and to the brief time we had left together, to make the most of it before the inevitable arrived.