CHAPTER 12
Bubbles! Sleep!
I squeezed my eyes shut, willing myself to sleep, but I was wide awake. Thought after thought raced like pixies caught in a tornado in my mind. I listed spells that could break the binding runes on my wrists and other ones that could snap the other bond with the members. Bubbles, they’d tied me up real good. Between those thoughts, memories of Rhein kept slipping in.
My heart ached. It ached every day since I left, but nights were the hardest. There was nothing to do, but dwell on the endless possibilities. Was Rhein angry with me for leaving so abruptly? Did he hate me for it? Ah, the agony of it all. Did he even care?
“Hexing bubbling pixies,” I grumbled, jumping out of bed, panting.
This was too much. I couldn’t think anymore. I couldn’t breathe. The wall
