Once Tris had arrived back at Rae’s she slipped into bed to try to find some sleep. She was long since out of the sleeping draught. Soon, she heard Rae and Ouro tumble through the halls towards Rae’s room. Their entry and the sounds thereof were not unlike previous nights.
Tris’ threw the pillow that had been covering her head in the general direction of Rae’s bedroom. She rolled to her back with an agonized groan. While she was surrounded by plush pillows and duvet, it all did little to comfort her into sleep before they had arrived home. In the hours since their arrival, she hadn’t had a wink of sleep. At the very least, it kept other pressing matters out of her pretty little head.
“Oh fiddle. Do they never...