Chapter 13

Lila’s nerves felt frazzled with tension as she listened to the activity on the opposite side of her bedroom door.  She’d secured the lock and turned out all of her lights before crawling into bed.  If she were in her apartment, she’d have been snuggled beneath her thick comforter while watching a little television to help her to unwind.  To her disappointment, not only was there no cell phone service in their monstrous stone prison, but there was no television or internet either. 

She supposed that she should be grateful for the electricity that was supplied. Research without it would have proved difficult.  Even so, she occasionally used the internet to assist with their research.  Where television might be considered a luxury, if they were to work efficiently, the internet was a necessity. There was also the matter of no cell phone service.  She needed one or the other in order to connect with the leader of her coven, Da