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A gloomy darkness overcast the room, it was nightfall when Alice got up again. She had no idea when she fell asleep, it was only fair for her body to take back the rest that was stolen from her last night. And she couldn't feel more energized.

The television was off, she pushed herself up to a sitting position, and waited for the freezing autumn temperature to attack her skin, but it didn't; a duvet covered the bottom half of her body. It was fluffy and cotton, no wonder her sleep felt so comfortable.So that wasn't a dream, after all. Callum really did come to her last night.

She peeled the covers off, her head instinctively turned to his room. His door was locked and there was no light coming from under the door, which meant he was either asleep or wasn't there.Then she heard the sound of music coming from above, it was muffled by the distance but it was still loud. She grunted. Growing up in the Caroni household forced her to like silence, Lionel always told her that noise was a di