Maisie
I tip-toed quietly up the staircases, heart thundering in my chest, praying to the Goddess that I didn't get caught.
Anytime now, there would be screams—actually, I was pretty sure I could hear the voices coming from the distance. "Fire! Fire!"
Soon, the entire castle would wake, and while I had sounded confident with Tessa, I had been going on a single moment of madness. Now that my anger was spent and my smug satisfaction had passed, I felt like a child who had done a bad thing and was going to get punished for it.
I just had to ensure I was back in bed before anyone found out what I had done. I picked up my pace, breaking into a silent jog, turning the corner—and walked straight into a wall.
I rebounded, hard, and staggered back, falling flat on my ass. Again.
When I looked up, I froze.
I thought the novelty of always falling on my ass whenever Soren was around was never going to wear off.
