Chapter 10

• I managed some sleep after leaving my parting gift. I watched in the shadows to make sure she received it before falling into a dreamless sleep.
• The normal fall of footsteps awoken me. I rubbed my eyes and made my way to the bathroom, taking a quick thorough shower. I was getting better at this; no traces of blood and barely any last night.
• I fidgeted in the seat before the mirror, waiting for an appropriate time to leave the room even though I had been fully dressed for what seemed like hours but was actually only a few minutes. Alice usually only attended to me or checked on me, spied on me, whatever she did, at night.