Chapter 129. First Assignment

Maggie POV

The knocking echoes in my head, severing me from a dream I’ll never remember. I can’t help but open my eyes when the sound repeats several times over, though it seems to get a little fainter each time.

A cacophony of activity follows: doors opening and slamming shut, footsteps down the hallway, voices shouting over each other.

By now, my eyes are open, but I haven’t quite worked out what all the fuss is about. There aren’t any livestock to feed anymore. Cooking breakfast is barely a chore with what little we have here.

Then it hits me.

My Goddess. I’m not at home anymore.

Marion, Camila, Belinda—their words reverberate through my mind. My life is here now in Oaktree Manor, and I’m about to miss breakfast if I don’t get dressed and down to th