Not Morning People

The next morning, Karl completely forgot to warn Jill about the spider on the balcony, but when she failed to return with Dana after a minute, he went in to check on them and found her wrapped up like a cocoon, and glowing with power from her hastily raised magical barrier.

"Thanks for finally coming to check on me. Now, would you kindly ask this young lady to let me go so that I can get my charge to class on time?" Jill requested.

Karl considered the look of restrained rage at being attacked for a second time by Karl's pets when she went to wake Dana up, and for a moment, he contemplated whether it might not be safer to leave her there.

But she could break out easily enough, she was just waiting for him to do it so that she didn't have to fight with the Bloodbath Spider.

"Rae, you can let her out. She is Dana's teacher, she won't hurt her, just wake her up for early morning instructions before breakfast." Karl instructed.