Sierra recoiled in astonishment, instinctively clutching her chest and retreating a couple of steps.

Cautiously, she ventured closer, peering around the stairwell’s corner to discern a figure.

With an emphatic stomp, the light was illuminated.

Before Sierra stood a young woman, her countenance pallid, her eyes tinged with red, a manifestation of the gloom veiling her disposition.

“You gave me quite a start,” Sierra exhaled with relief.

The woman retorted, “I believe you were peering in my direction.”

Long have you been here?” Sierra inquired with

hour,”

you happen to witness

and rather

woman shook her head, her expression

arrived. Ascending over 3@ floors on foot is not a

“Are you absolutely certain?”

“Without a doubt.”

hadn’t descended via the stairs, where

hastened back to Tyrone’s room and systematically inspected each wardrobe, a

thought Tyrone might be

closets yielded no trace

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