Amber’s POV
The next morning, Julian, Rafael, Alice, and I returned to the rogue town. I’d received some kickback from Rafael and from Julian about bringing Alice this time, but I didn’t feel like she would be in any danger this time, especially since we were delivering such good news.
In addition, Rafael had already begun having clean water and goods delivered to the town, so they weren’t as closed off as they once had been. Rafael also told me that he had some groups working on cleaning the water.
Besides, I wanted Alice to meet Matthew, for them to learn about each other and not feel so alone in the world. Plus, since Alice knew the potion worked, she might be able to help convince the nervous Matthew to take it himself.
When we arrived at the town, the road was being repaired. It s
