CHAPTER 14

Tal paced the small room she had been given, picking at the cream blouse as she moved. Shelves surrounded her, and a nice sturdy worktable, one that she didn't have to crouch or find a tiny stump to use.

Pale light streamed down through an ingenious vent system, which she had checked out thoroughly. It was lined with mirrors, allowing the sun to reflect in from somewhere outside, so that even tho