Chapter 26: An Unexpected Ally

Aeris hadn’t slept. With every noise she heard in the night, she snapped her eyes open and waited for several minutes before closing them again. In the brief stretches of silence, she had nightmares of waking up to find herself back in her room, wrapped in chains.

With some light filtering through the windows, Aeris could now see inside her current sanctuary. It was empty as she suspected. All of the cushions, the desk cluttered with papers, the shelf of various items, everything but the carpet was gone.

A piece of paper sat in the middle of the floor. Aeris walked over to it and saw it was addressed to her.

Hey, Snowflake!