CHAPTER 2
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
My eyes fluttered opened. Through the window, I noticed the sun was peeking at me from above the buildings, high in the sky.
I slept till noon? What a pleasant surprise, I thought, as I stretched and let out a loud yawn. It had been ages since I had slept so much and so soundly, too.
Tap.
Tap.
I sat up. Where was that sound coming from? I turned and found a copper bird tapping its beak on my window. When I went over to the window, I saw it was some sort of mechanical bird. Wiggling the latch, I discovered the window was sealed shut, so the bird stayed outside, tapping the glass with its metallic beak.
I had a sense I’d seen it before. I went to the table. An illustration of the same bird was drawn on the corner of the invitation.
This is it. It was time f
