Raleigh
I peeked around the corner of the hallway, checking both sides of the clearing. Nobody was within reach from one side of the hallway to the other. I snickered to myself, tip-toeing past the bronze-colored door that I had been trying to escape from for days. It loomed over me, making no move whatsoever to try and grab me again. Aggravated voices carried into the hallway, but I could care less. He was distracted, that was good. I felt like a spy, just without all the cool gadgets and a back-up partner.
Two weeks. That was how long it had been since I had returned home from the hospital. Two weeks under house arrest, and two weeks closer to my death bed. Honestly, I knew Lucien was just worried about me, but he could at least let me walk around my own house! I mean, I know I'm
