Chapter 38
I woke up, the undeniable grit and dust of the dungeon harsh under my elbows and heavy in my lungs.
I moaned, not ecstatic to be back. Dogoklan had nothing on Cliff's rainbow falls. But, I was here and it was time to make the most of it.
I sat up, opening my eyes. My mother was sitting where she'd been before, half-lotus, watching me tranquilly.
“Did you sleep at all?” I asked.
She shook her head.
“I sleep when I'm tired. Time passes differently down here and I'm getting to be an older woman. I don't need as much sleep as I used to. Besides, how can I sleep when my beautiful daughter's lying across from me doing all the work?” She raised her eyebrows expectantly. “Did it work? Were you able to talk to your friends?”
“Yeah, I talked to Cliff and Doug, and Kate, my foster m
