After cleaning the floor and storing the bodies inside Brianna's own storage ring, Kael and Laura sat in silence for a long moment, their minds still reeling from what had happened. There was no point in leaving now—it was past midnight, after all. They decided to wait until dawn before checking out.
Kael, exhausted from the night's events, eventually drifted off into a light but peaceful sleep.
Laura, however, remained restless.
She lay on her side, staring at the ceiling, then turned to her other side. She adjusted the blanket, then kicked it off entirely. A few minutes later, she pulled it back over herself. No matter how she tried, sleep refused to come.
How could she sleep?
In this very room…
