Chapter 33 TALULLAH
That night, Talullah couldn’t sleep. She didn’t have a chance to talk to Jothi after her chats with Fideline and the florist, so all her thoughts and theories swirled like a maelstrom in her head all day.
She tossed and turned. Flung her blankets off to abate her sweating, then a moment later cocooned them around herself to still her chattering teeth. She glanced at the clock on her nightstand. One o’clock. In the starless morning. For Founders’ sake.
She sat up and leaned her head against the wall.
She needed to talk to Jothi. She wrapped herself in her long robe and went across the hall.
She knocked lightly on their door with one knuckle. Taptaptap.
No answer.
“Jothi?” she whispered, then a little louder, “Jo?”
Nothing from behind Jothi’s door. They must be ou
