(Kiara)
I woke several hours later and didn't know where I was. The unfamiliar walls confused me until I remembered Pinehaven and Luna Lenora. My bag was still beside the bed where I had left it. The door was still locked from the inside.
I sat up and listened for voices outside. Nobody was calling my name or telling me I had work waiting. I couldn't remember the last time I had slept during the day without worrying about Maris finding me. Even knowing she was nowhere near me didn't stop me from expecting her voice.
‘We're not there anymore,’ Nyra reminded me. ‘Maris can't come through that door. Lucan can't order us out of this room. We left them behind.’
I looked at the lock again. It was such a small thing, yet Blackridge had never given me this much control over a room. I could dec
