Chapter 157

**Sloane**

Something’s off. The first thing I notice when I wake is that the house isn’t quiet anymore. It’s bustling with voices, footsteps, the occasional thud followed by someone swearing and someone else shushing them. I blink the sleep from my eyes and sit up slowly. Morning light filters through the curtains, soft and gold. It’s early, earlier than anyone in this house has the right to be aw