Zalena had blinked, her vision blurry from the previous night since she had fallen asleep propped against the door after sobbing in the guest bedroom. She huffed, stretching and feeling her back pop, satisfied now that she didn't feel so stiff, she sighed softly and then stood. Hesitantly, she unlocked the door and poked her head out, glancing around the hallway for any signs of Andros, when she found none, she sighed softly in relief and snuck out of the room as quietly as possible.
As she crept closer to the steps, she heard voices talking in the kitchen, a frown slowly spreading across her features as she snuck down the steps. She had poked her head around the corner, into the kitchen where she heard the voices coming from. The elders, they were here already and speaking to Andros who
