CHAPTER 94
Katherine stirred at the light tap on her arm, muttering something incoherent before slipping back into the depths of sleep.
But the tap came again—gentle, yet urgent. With a groggy groan, she turned sluggishly, her body pressed down by exhaustion.
When she finally forced her heavy eyelids open, she was met with a pair of wide, unblinking blue eyes staring back at her. A small figure towered over her, looming close, too close.
Her pulse jolted, and without thinking, she shoved the figure away.
She heard a gasp. And then, a thud. Katherine shot upright in bed, disoriented, her heart pounding as she scanned the unfamiliar room.
Where was she? Her breath was unstable as panic seized her chest.
The child, a girl with long blonde curls, was scrambling up from the floor, bru
