walked down the hall to find Mindy in the study, who then showed me to the kitchen. Once there I chowed down on a cold mutton leg with a glass of milk, grateful for the food and that my escort had left me alone to enjoy it.
I’d gotten up early and it was getting late, but I still wasn’t ready to go to sleep—the curse of an active mind mingled with my dread of nightmares. In addition, Mindy had told me that Jason was still in the healing room and would probably be there for another hour or so. I wasn’t about to go to bed without knowing for sure that he was all right. So, to kill some time after I finished my snack, I explored the castle.
Eventually I found the library. Given my history of getting attacked in libraries—Century City, the Forbidden Forest, my castle in Midveil—I probably sh
