Chapter 16

She leaped from the tub, sprinkling water all over the pristine floor. A minor detail compared to her dilemma. Brielle almost slipped on the tile, but she managed to right herself by latching on to the sink. Then she ran.

"You're going to burn us alive!" she screamed when the door was pried open.

Talin looked up at her, then down, and up again. Brielle found the error of her ways, was forced to slam the door, her breaths quickening. She grabbed a towel from the rack, wrapped...