Chapter 4
BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEP!
I sat bolt upright in bed, the sleep I'd been so comfortably encased in now completely gone. Jester hissed from where I'd roused him but he did nothing more than curl back into a ball. I shouldn't have let the thing sleep on the bed with me, but even I had to admit that it had been nice to have something warm and fuzzy pressed against me. It was almost comforting. If it hadn't been an evil cat who wouldn't take my fish offerings.
My alarm clock sat on the side, not making a single sound.
Huh?
I hadn't set an alarm anyway, so it going off would be odd, but that was the most logical explanation.
Unless...
I swung my legs around, placing my feet on the floor and padding through the room, grateful I was wearing an oversized t-shirt I'd salvaged from one of
