22 – Houdini
Hailey’s POV:
Although the path to the door Chris and the others went through wasn’t far, I got delayed more than expected after my speech. I still couldn’t figure out the castle, and I prayed that there weren’t too many doors or corridors behind the one that had just closed before I was halted again. This time, it’s by Killian and Oliver.
“Hailey, I’m bored,” Oliver whined. “Want to join me for a game of soccer?”
“Morning, Oliver! I’d love to, but I must speak with someone first.”
“You can do that later. I want to play football now!” The way he spoke sounded like he was demanding rather than asking.
With a slight surprise that Killian hadn’t corrected Oliver about it, I made another attempt to clarify that this was not the right time. “I’m afraid this task has to be don
