Chapter FifteenMerrin kept her promise. She was right there in the seat beside my bed when I awoke. Her head lulled against the back of the chair, her eyes wide, staring unseeing at the ceiling.
“Merrin?” I whispered into the near darkness. The candles that had been lighting the room were dwindling down to embers, and I found myself wondering for a moment how long I had been asleep for.
The wonder was replaced by terror with every moment that I stared at Merrin. With every second that passed, her eyes remained open, unblinking, her lips parted as if on a scream.
“Lecturer Merrin?” I said a little more sternly as I swung my legs down over the edge of the bed, moving towards her.
“She can’t hear you, dear.”
The sickeningly familiar voice made my head begin to pound once more as I flung
