Chapter .16.

She lives to see the sun,

and feel the wind,

and drink the rain.

-Lord Huron

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I shouldn't have done it. I told Lilah I didn't want dinner. Told her I was tired. That I would skip it. Atlas let me. Probably because of my panic he saw earlier. But I really just wanted to paint.

I laid out the canvas and supplies, gathering everything together. And then stared. White met me in my thoughts. There was only one thing I wanted to paint. One person. And so I did. The whole night I stayed up. Because I needed an escape. To forget. 'Black Moon.' I always titled his paintings 'Black Moon.'

A knock came upon my door. And then another. Then loud swearing. "Lexie if you don't open this door, I will break it down."

I pause when I hear Atlas's voice. "I'm...coming."

I open it a crack, not letting him have access to view the room. To view my work. "Is there a problem?"