Sierra recoiled in astonishment, instinctively clutching her chest and retreating a couple of steps.

Cautiously, she ventured closer, peering around the stairwell’s corner to discern a figure.

With an emphatic stomp, the light was illuminated.

Before Sierra stood a young woman, her countenance pallid, her eyes tinged with red, a manifestation of the gloom veiling her disposition.

“You gave me quite a start,” Sierra exhaled with relief.

The woman retorted, “I believe you were peering in my direction.”

been

half an hour,” the

you happen

and

woman shook her head,

these stairs since I arrived. Ascending over 3@ floors on foot is not a common

“Are you absolutely certain?”

“Without a doubt.”

the stairs, where

and systematically inspected each wardrobe, a surge of apprehension

thought Tyrone might be clandestinely

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