Kaira jerked awake then sat up, trying to clear her mind. She was lying on her bed but she didn’t remember falling asleep. She did remember returning to her room after spending several fruitless hours waiting for Tarkus. She’d only returned to use the bathroom, but then she’d sat on the edge of the bed for a moment. And, apparently, fallen asleep.
Something had woken her up. A chiming. It came again, but where was it coming from? The sound came again. She looked around the room, but couldn’t work out the source. It wasn’t coming from the console. So what was the source? And what did it mean?
She jumped at the sound of something heavy smacking into the door. Once. Twice. Then repeatedly. In a pattern she recognised… the one she’d used when hammering on Tarkus’s door. She f
