Eden's POV
“s**t!” I catch myself just in time before falling on my ass; however, my dangling legs accidentally kick over an old rusty mop bucket in the process. I hold still, wincing as the metal clangs against the stone floor. When the noise stops, I breathe a sigh of relief and try once again to open up the long, narrow window. “Come on…come on,” I grit through my teeth, tugging the latch violently until it eventually gives way. “Yesss.”
I use my upper body strength to pull myself onto the narrow window ledge, peering out at the overgrown grass. I then reach my hand forward to try to touch it with my fingertips, but instead of the cool, fresh earth, they are met with a solid invisible wall.
“Urggggg!!” I groan in annoyance, my head dropping in defeat.
Assholes!
I shuffle myself fro
