Nevara
They didn’t waste time once I said it.
The bathroom door opened hard enough to bounce slightly off the stopper as Thoren stepped in first, Kael right behind him. The space that had felt small a second ago tightened even more with all three of us in it, but none of that mattered now.
All of their focus went exactly where mine had been.
Up.
For a moment, none of us spoke. The window sat just beneath the ceiling, narrow enough to miss at a glance, set high enough that it clearly hadn’t been meant for easy access. It wasn’t barred, which felt like the first real mistake Brent had made—but it was positioned in a way that suggested he hadn’t thought anyone would actually be able to reach it.
Or try.
Thoren stepped closer to the wall, tilting his head slightly as he gauged the dista
