I lay down on my bed as Adeline shut the door behind her. She even took away my phone—or at least the one she knew about.
Sighing, I took out my AirPods and put on some music. I needed to decompress. I hadn't slept for two nights straight. I needed to relax.
This time, Adeline was planning to keep me detained for the whole week. Waiting was hard work in itself. While all the people I cared about were out there risking their lives for me, the only thing I could do was stay here and make sure the enemy didn’t know we were coming.
I looked at the locked balcony door. Adeline was meticulous—of course, she had locked it. I got up and walked to the window beside the balcony door. The tree that shaded my balcony was visible from here. I could pick the lock and run, or even better, I could call
