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Slowly and reluctantly, Inayah uncovered her face. She blinked, closed her eyes, and blinked again. Streaks of shallow light penetrated the window and vaguely blinded her. She sat up, dragging her feet off the bed, and rubbed her knuckles onto her eyes.

She stretched her arms above her head and yawned then blinked again, simply watching her legs dangle above the dark brown polyester carpet.

A sharp knock on her door is what drew her attention away. For a moment, she thought she had slept in late but soft darkness outside says otherwise.

“Girl!” Mathilde hissed beyond the barrier.

Inayah scratched at her belly then scalp, quietly opening the door. Cold air instantly seizes her throat then nose.

Mathilde stands before her clearly impatient. “He waits for you.”

Inayah blinked, “Who?”

Something dark flashed across her face but disappeared just as fast, “Master, he said get ready to leave.” A

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Lissa Espy
it should say the 'breadth of his shoulders'
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