Waking hours later, Halle stretched her cramped muscles as she opened her eyes, panicking slightly at the unfamiliar room before the memory of her arrival at Viktor’s castle came flooding back. Pulling back the covers, she stepped onto the warm fur rug, her stomach grumbling loudly, checking her watch she saw she had been asleep for a number of hours and it was well past dinner time.
Placing her bare foot onto the cold flagstones, Halle winced slightly, lifting herself onto her tip toes and padding over to the wardrobe to pull open the drawer that Iris had produced shoes from earlier. Looking over the many pairs that were lined up, she spotted a soft pair of fabric pumps and pulled them out, placing her feet inside, breathing out as the icy numbness started to leave her toes.
Walking
