Aliegha placed the note she had written next to Merrick as he slept soundly and gathered her clothes, rushing into the bathroom to change. She made sure she had a bladed staff in each boot.
She replicated her specially made boots that had a hidden pocket to house the blades. If you didn't know there was a hidden pocket, you would never know they were there, even if someone searched them for weapons.
Lately, she had been wearing ordinary boots and just shoving them inside. She wanted to make sure they were hidden this time, so she wore the ones she had designed before the Ramesians invaded Earth.
Once dressed, she stopped at the sleeping infant and kissed the little boy's tiny forehead before leaving the dwelling.
Merrick was still sleeping soundly as she left.
