Ebony climbed the stairs carrying Lucian and Daniel over her shoulders, dragging her feet and breathing with difficulty. Her legs, for the first time since she arrived in that world, would not stop trembling and threatened to give out at any moment.
When she reached the ground floor of the mansion, she couldn't take another step and collapsed from exhaustion, dropping both of them almost at the same time. She clenched her teeth, gulped air, and shouted as loudly as she could.
"Veronica!" The name came out with anger, exhaustion, and urgency, echoing through the empty house. By that point she had no pride left, only the simple need to get help before she collapsed completely.
The cat girl heard her friend's shout and was about to go downstairs, but she saw Kanary defenseless in the bed and forced herself to stop. She looked first at the door, then at the blue-haired girl, and shouted back.
