Chapter twenty two: 'Trust only your instinct and common sense to guide you through the unknown and unpredictable.'
Reticent(adj): Inclined to be uncommunicative about one's thoughts or feelings in order to keep them from others' knowledge or observation.
The loud click clack of Sycla's heels approaching Lorraine only meant that she was done preparing her a bath, and it was time she got herself ready for the one thing she's been dreading since she was taken from her home.
Syclina's crinkled hands grabbed the barely eaten plate of food from the floor where she had left it. She drew it closer to her face slowly and eyed it with scrutiny. Lorraine heard her sigh before a question followed.
"I did not think that you meant it literally when you
