I wake up to the sound of two voices conversing quietly.
"Don't worry, she comes in pretty late and she's a heavy sleeper," I hear Aniu say.
"No she isn't," the other voice counters. I recognize the voice, but have a hard time placing it since it doesn't belong here.
I roll over to my other side to see who's here and jump up in excitement when I see who it is. I run over to Alexine and pull her into a big hug. "I'm so glad you're okay. I have no idea what's going back at Onyxmane. I didn't know who may have been exposed by my escape."
Words are tumbling out of my mouth when a thought suddenly hits me, "Wait, why are you stuck in this room with us? Please tell me my parents didn't hurt you!"
She steps away and looks a little shy when she says, "No, nothing too bad. But you might not be
