BLOOD CRESCENT
ALEXANDER
I decided to check on Irene after learning that she had returned from wherever she and James had gone earlier.
What caught my attention was the fact that I was told she hadn't shown up for dinner. It was unlike her to miss a meal without a reason. I assumed she was angry because of what had happened earlier. I could have asked someone to find out whether she was all right, but I preferred to check on her myself.
When I reached her room, I knocked.
“Who's there?” her voice came from inside.
“It's me.”
The door opened shortly afterwards, and Irene appeared in the doorway. She regarded me for a moment, a smirk spreading across her face before she stepped aside to let me in.
I walked into the room while she closed the door behind me. She then made her way towar
