He painted a placating expression on his face and slowly ambled back toward the door, hands clasped behind his back. “Where is not important, it’s the why that matters. You’re here for your own good. The length and condition of your stay will be entirely up to you. As for the runes, the room is warded against the use of magic. Although, as the creator of the ward, I am exempt from its power.” He planned to keep me locked in a room? Indefinitely? “You can’t just keep me here; people will notice I’m missing,” I bit out angrily. “That’s been taken care of, so don’t expect some grand rescue. Those people you were associating with don’t care about you. You aren’t like them, and they are not going to risk themselves to save you. That is why it’s so important for us to remind you that family is e
