Amara's POV :
I woke up with a stiff neck and my book on the floor.
For a few seconds I didn't know where I was and then I remembered. The library. I'd been reading and must have fallen asleep in the chair.
I sat up and looked around. The room was completely dark now and the windows showed nothing but blackness outside. I checked my phone. Eight fifteen.
I'd slept for hours.
My stomach growled and I realized I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast with Alicia. My throat was dry too and I wanted water.
I stood up and stretched and my neck protested from the awkward position I'd been sleeping in. I needed to get back to my room but the house was dark and I couldn't remember exactly how I'd gotten to the library in the first place.
I walked out into the hallway and stopped. Everything looked different in the dark. The paintings on the walls were just shadows and the hallway stretched in both directions and I had no idea which way led back to the main staircase.
