The next morning, Amelia woke up to a call on her cell phone. Groggily, she fumbled around the bed until she found the device. The clock at the top of the Screen showed it was still four in the morning, and seeing Daniel’s name on the screen meant she should be fully awake by now. Amelia sat up in bed and answered the call, instantly feeling alert. In the second it took for Daniel to respond to her “Hello,” she managed to think of half a dozen things that could have gone wrong for him to be calling so early.
“Mia is going to come to your room to wake you up shortly, but I thought it was better if I gave you the news myself,” he said from the other end of the line, his serious tone making Amelia straighten up and sit more upright. “I’ve been thinking about our rescue plan, and with your p
