Chapter 178: Stay

Early the next morning, when the sky was only just beginning to grow light. The Thief slowly opened her eyes. She flexed her fingers and felt that some of her strength had returned. The ward was small and simply furnished. A faint medicinal scent hung in the air. It was clean and soothing. Where was this? A trace of confusion flickered in the Thief's eyes. She remembered Asher Jauncy pulling her out of the Water Prison, and then… nothing. Just then, the door to the ward opened with a soft...