He held is breath not wanting to make another noise. Evie was looking straight at him but with sleepy eyes she said "Five more minutes Hetty." and laid her head back on her pillow.
He exhaled relief he wasn't caught but at the same time annoyed how much of a heavy sleeper Evie was. He couldn't waste anymore time here he set to work: the paper butler he had already replace and added fire-, water-, and earth-proof seals; he place the mana paper barrier across the window, stronger than the Baroness's original work, with a few of his own tweaks. He wanted to make sure he could go into Evie's room, just you know - in case of emergency.
He gently took off the the charred necklace around her neck, fingers deliberate and oddly tender, and slipped out of her room.
Lemeric braced himself ready to run at top speed while casting a neutralizing spell against the barrier surrounding Makiling Hall. He snuck out the way he snuck in and he was almost in the clear— when a dry voice cut the night.
