Kaia POV
I rush back to our room with Anila in my arms. "Elaine," I shout. "We have to go."
Setting Anila in her cot, I begin to toss my clothes into the nearest bag I can find. Anila is watching me intently. Sometimes the way her milky eyes follow me is unnerving. Her eyes are the only thing that alludes to her real age. I forget that despite her human age, she is older than Elaine and I combined.
I turn my back on her and focus on the rest of the room. "Elaine," I shout. "Where are you?"
Still, she doesn't reply. It isn't like her to roam about the castle. She doesn't like to mingle. I peek my head into the adjoining bathroom and she isn't there either. I am beginning to feel a pit in the bottom of my stomach.
Someone knocks on the door, and a Fae woman stands just
