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.”

have you been here?” Sierra

half an hour,”

happen

tall and

her head, her expression

I’ve seen no one traverse these stairs since I arrived. Ascending over 3@ floors on foot is not a

“Are you absolutely certain?”

“Without a doubt.”

via the stairs, where could he have vanished

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

thought Tyrone might be clandestinely concealed within

yielded no

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