Chapter Twenty-One
Not groggy in the slightest, I look around.
Lilith is nowhere to be seen.
I get up and spot a handwritten note on the bed next to me.
Went out to get something to eat. Be back soon.
-Mommy
Something to eat? I hope it’s not a small child, or a nun, or a kitten.
I mindlessly make my way into the bathroom.
Just my luck—as soon as I decide I don’t need to escape Lilith, she gives me a chance to do so.
Unless I should run away?
I can always reconnect with her later, once Tartarus shows up.
On autopilot, I grab a disposable toothbrush the hotel has provided, squeeze some toothpaste onto it, and attack my teeth.
Then something clicks in my memory—and a wave of dread follows.
How could I not have realized this sooner? I had a vision about brushing my teeth in a hote
