Neither Arthur nor Ruby had a wink of sleep.
The clock ticked on, hours of midnight passing on into the next day, and Ruby's eyes stayed open through it all. Once or twice, she got up to pace the room, stubbed her toe and mistakenly woke up Juniper. And then she had to apologize, get back into her bunk bed, and pretend to be asleep for a while, before starting the cycle all over again.
Arthur was restless too. Excitement and insomnia were a dangerous combination. He played chess with Elham until late midnight. When she finally got tired of kicking his a*s and winning, she retired to bed and left him watching old episodes of The Walking Dead. Three hours later, he was back in his bunk bed thinking about the puzzle and wishing that morning would come faster.
Unanimously, they had agreed t
