JASMINE'S POV
After encountering Princess Coral, I was relieved to leave the room.
Her interrogation had been intense, and it was like she had me caught.
I looked up and saw that it was almost sunset.
I had summoned my bird!
I could not hang around with anyone or anywhere at all.
I needed to be somewhere no one could come.
If sunset arrived, the bird would fly down to me wherever I was, and they would see I owned a summoning bird.
I began to pace back and forth, wondering where I could go.
I could not go to the lake.
It was quite a distance, and I could not risk going there too frequently.
I needed to be somewhere completely different.
Then I remembered that there was an old, abandoned castle near ours.
It was an extension of the pack but abandoned and crumbling.
I had even seen crows hovering around.
If I went there, no one would suspect me.
I hurried out of the castle, and after ten minutes, I found myself in the scary castle.
