Chapter 140: Something Wrong With The Day

FAYE

What stupid light wouldn't stop shining so brightly in my face?

I groaned as my eyes slid open and snapped shut again when the rays of sunshine hit me.

I always closed the windows, but I'd left them open last night.

I grumbled the entire way to the window panes and slid them closed.

I wasn't going to be angry.

Don't make the rest of your day and angry one, Faye.

I stopped to take in a deep breath, inhaling the fresh morning air and exhaling.

My eyes found my bedside clock and my heart flew.

I was late!

I had to catch Yvonne before she left so we'd have that talk.

I rushed to the bathroom and turned on the shower, stripping my nightdress off fast and flying into the torrent of water.

The cool water hit me first, before it became hotter and I relaxed under the spray of water.

My mind kept drifting off to think about the council of elders and their apparent lack of trust in me, and I kept pulling it back.

I wouldn't let myself think of the fact that I still had n