A NEW GUEST

JASMINE'S POV

After my encounter with Princess Coral, I was relieved to be out of the room. 

Her interrogation had been intense, and it was like she had me caught. 

I looked up and saw that it was almost sunset. 

I had summoned my bird! 

I could not hang around with anyone or anywhere at all. 

I needed to be somewhere no one could come. 

If sunset arrived, the bird would fly down to me wherever I was, and they would see I owned a summoning bird. 

I began to pace back and forth, wondering where I could go. 

I could not go to the lake. 

It was quite a distance, and I could not risk going there too frequently. 

I needed to be somewhere completely different. 

Then I remembered that there was an old, abandoned castle near ours. 

It was an extension of the pack, but it was abandoned and crumbling. 

I had even seen crows hovering around. 

If I went there, no one would suspect me.