Chapter 575
The sun was well down when Jorick shook Katelina awake. She held back a yawn as the memories of the day slotted into place. The locked room. The mysterious scarred vampire child. The whole thing was surreal. She needed to visit the room again, see if Estrilda was just a dream.
"She's real enough," Jorick said softly. "And we're going to talk to Annabelle about it."
Katelina cringed. "Can't we leave it alone?"
"For all we know she looks that way because they've hurt her."
She thought about the child's reluctance to speak to them in person. She liked Sarah when she was asleep and safe. Maybe Jorick was on to something.
Katelina dressed and knocked on Sarah's door. Again there was no answer. With a last look she and her grumbling stomach surrendered.