*Lena*
I turned the envelope over in my hands as I sat on the edge of my bed in our hotel room. I hadn't opened it, not yet. I already knew what was inside. I had something nearly identical back in my apartment near campus, but it didn't matter. Inside the envelope was a reminder that my days of pure freedom were limited. George had asked what I was doing in Crimson Creek over the mind-link, but I hadn't given him the answer he wanted. I'd only begged him to leave it alone, to say nothing. He'd likely planned a trip north to Red Lakes to deliver the envelope to me before he went back east. What would he say when he returned home? And to who?
“Back to reality," I murmured, slipping the envelope into my backpack just as Xander opened the door to our room, without knocking of course. I'd av
