Closed Room

Ezekiel hugged Ezra all the way back to the hotel. His mind was lost in everything that was revealed to him about the Sorcery and the Diamond Duchy.

Silently, he could still hear Ezra's small, muffled sobs that were buried in his shoulder, but he didn't know how to calm her down. When they got to the hotel, he took Ezra down from the carriage and went straight to their room.

“We need to talk,” Ezekiel said as he kicked the door behind him shut.

He sat Ezra down on the bed and pulled a stool over to sit facing her. With a worried look, Ezekiel tried to see Ezra's drooping face.

But he was surprised when he saw the blank look in Ezra's black eyes was much deeper than usual.

"Ezra?" he called softly.

Ezekiel tried to touch Ezra's cheek, but the woman didn't respond at all. What happened?