The ritual - I
She hid in the war room. That was the only room that she could find a hiding place in. The cabinets in the room were huge and she could easily fit in.
Her breathing still did not calm down. No matter how many deep breaths she tried to take, it did not help.
From this room, particularly the cabinet, she could not hear any word.
What was going on out there? Was anyone coming for her? What was going on with Ashlynn? Was she alive?
It feels like it had been hours for her to be waiting in the cabinet alone. She did not hear any kind of footsteps, the sound that would come from the bones of the soldiers. Nor did she hear the sound of a war, or an attack being carried out.
What was going on?
The entire time that she had stuffed herself into the Cabinet she had been clutching on to her belly. Adaline had no idea if she was trying to calm the baby down or herself.