In the next moment, I find myself realizing that I have nowhere to go, but downstairs. Okay, think Arya, think, you can get yourself out of this mess if you stop panicking and use your brain for a moment.
That’s right, you’re a smart girl, I hear Eros’s voice in my head once again, making me stiffen and clench my jaw. This isn’t helpful at all! Just use the staircase opposite the one they are going to. Wait until they pass the second floor, then go down to it, make a loop around to the other staircase and repeat the same with the first floor. Then get out of here as fast as your feet can carry you.
I stand there, frozen with realization. This isn’t my imagination at all. It’s Eros. He’s in my head. How is he in my head? Did he reach me through the essence? But even if he did, how c
