Firestone Hot Springs They all think I'm dead

Tempest lay down, suddenly feeling exhausted. "I don't know Fitz..." she began softly. Tempest thought back to the past few days, the terror and horrible things that happened when she was alone. As she though, a strangely elevating thought struck her. Her fathers last words...he thought that she was dead, had died there on the snowy rocks. Which meant...she was free. No longer would the threat of the brute hang over her, cloud her judgement and give her nightmares. She didn't realize the smile that spread across her features. "Yes. I will band with you, Fitz. He thinks I'm dead. He won't go looking for a ghost."

The peppered fae stood. "But I have to go back. I made a mistake, leaving unannounced, and I don't want Perry to think of me like a runaway."