Kara's eyelids flickered.Soft woolen fibers tickled her nose. She hadn't slept, had she?Not when she considered all the times there had been nothing to stir for, nothing to open her eyes for, and now today, there was everything.Her plan? Her plan was brilliant. The only awful thing? She hadn't thought of it sooner. But then she'd have had to tell the truth. Now though? Well, talk about being happy with the choices she had made last night. The ones that surely made her a better person.
Hearing a clanking in the hearth, she shook her head to clear it.
"Sir?"
She raised her head, running her tongue around her lips. My God. Ulla. Archibald Kelty. And Big Murdie. She closed her eyes and shook her head again. True, she was tired from yesterday. Tired? Every bone in her body ached, along with her head, which didn't just ache, it felt as if someone pounded on it with steel hammers. But to hallucinate?