Chapter 58

In a different place, Maya's childhood friend, Sophie stood with her hands folded.

"We don't have much time, so we can't waste it talking. You should eat and rest while you're able. Tomorrow, I'll come back to take you wherever it is they're going to try to kill you."

At first, he left her alone, but she wasn't content to spend the night in the empty room. She wandered around, looking at everything: the window, the fireplace, the bookshelf, the bed, and the small table beside it. Finally, she sat down at the table and grabbed a book from the shelf. She flipped through the pages, reading bits and pieces of the text. Most of it was written in a language she didn't understand. Some of it was about a war that happened hundreds of years ago, which was interesting, but it wasn't enough to keep her attention. She put the book down and started pacing back and forth, wondering why they would send her somewhere and give her no