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My thoughts banished my focus. Irked, I put the book down. Eamonn didn't return after saving me. I let myself sink in the sleep hoping to see some miracle. But I'm still here. no one has come to rescue me. I contemplated helping myself.

My heart began to beat when I thought of reaching him in my head. "Darkice," I whispered. I waited but there was silence from the other side. I was also bound to the oath with Mama. I can't sit here. "Dastien," I whispered.

I was getting impatient. Closing my eyes, I rested my head on the pillow. It felt as if I was actually my parents' princess after being in this room. The walls were cream shaded almost yellow, and red, a giant hearth and a queen size bed with four pools around it. The pillows were also bigger in size, red carpet. A lone tear slid down my cheek.

'Are you okay, Syn?' My eyes flew open, I jerked in a sitting position.

"You have to tell me the path so I can go home. I don't like to be here. E