After the ignomious defeat of someone who wanted us to believe she was Beatrice and ensuring that everyone in the saferoom was okay, we went back to the pack house. I was beside myself because no matter how I tried, Mia was not waking up and I feared she was under some spell-induced sleep. Not-Beatice had approached us chanting something under her breath. I couldn't hear it all but I did hear her say something has to become one with the orbertium. Whatever it meant, I had no idea but it began to make me feel pressured, and strangely enough, Star also felt pressurised. She went quiet for a long time, making me sit down on the sofa, holding my head in my hands. Mia was beside me at once, asking if I had indigestion or something. When not-Beatrice got close enough.
"What do you want, Beatric
