I stood there my mouth agape.
"One hour?!" I exclaimed loudly. "the luna gave me an hour to get back, and I'm sure it took me at least twenty minutes-" She raised her hand to silence me and I immediately shut up. That was unlike me to loose my cool. But if I ever wanted to get out of this place I needed to get out of the main house again. f*****g this up would ruin everything.
"Here, I owed your mother a huge favor, so consider this repayment." the old lady said as she handed me the dress wrapped carefully in dried up leaves. "carry it very carefully." she instructed me as she went back to her machine.
"Thank you so much!" I gushed and did an awkward bow. She waved me off dismissively and I took that as my cue to leave. I didn't know how she knew my mother but I didn't care. There w
