As soon as they were gone, Irene heaved a sigh and clenched her fists. (Children can be so draining.)
"Snow!" She called out, summoning her phoenix companion who appeared almost instantaneously in a flash. The bird perched on her shoulder as she gazed down the hall in the direction her friends had gone.
"What's up, Sprout?" He asked, his lean neck peering into her face as that golden beak glistened under the sunlight.
Irene glanced up at the bird, sighing. "I need you to take me to Rayvis and Ivan. This manor is too big for me to go looking for them." She asked him, but from the look on her face, he could tell she was slightly irritated. As if something tedious had been added to her list of things to do.
"Hmm... Alright." Snow answered, launching himself into the air and flapping his w
