Chapter 29: Seaweed
Exhausted or not, there’s no way I can sleep after Cadence’s announcement. I prop myself against one spongy wall and stare at the door, twitching with every muffled noise from outside.
But the next thing I know, the angle of the room has changed, and the light. Ravel rolls over and blinks sleepily at me from across the room. My far-too-empty stomach gurgles. I clap my hands over it and wince.
Cadence laughs. “It’s fine. They’re long gone—no need to keep quiet now. We should get going, though. They’ll be harder to follow if they’re too far ahead.”
We leave the bike behind after Cadence promises she can help us find it again if needed. We can’t risk the noise of it giving our position away.
Without its grumbling company, I’m able to make out a strangely familiar soun
