An alarm shrills in my ears, and I fall out of bed.

“What?” My skin itches like I’ve brushed up against a spider web. I whack at my skin and still have the heebie-jeebies after wiping myself off. The hint of magic lingers in the air. Matthis must have put some type of cocoon around me while I slept. Wait until I see him, I’m going to chew him out for putting me to sleep.

I push to my feet and take a few ragged steps. My muscles are stiff and sore like I’ve slept for days rather than… Wait, what time is it?

Matthis is nowhere in sight, and...