The next morning was a surprisingly untranquil one. Each morning for the last week that I had been living at Middlemist household had been a very quiet, almost lifeless one. One would instantly believe that it was a ghost town that had been abandoned quite a while ago, but on this morning, all life had risen and the noises could be heard reverberating throughout the town. I was woken up with a startle and immediately threw the bed sheets away from my body.
The sun had already risen and I drew the curtains opened to peer outside, but I saw nothing down the street on both sides. I was curious as to what the commotion was about and, still in my night dress, I hurried over to the door and opened it. Sebas was heading up the stairs when I spotted him and walked towards him. Unlike me, he was b
