When I awoke, it was to the sound of my mother’s screeching. Or, at least, that’s what I thought it was.
“MYM! The fire’s gone cold!” she screeched.
I fully registered what I was hearing. Then, the events of the previous day came flooding back. It was that Andragii again.
I hurried to put more logs into the fire, careful not to squish the tiny creature. I kind of wanted to, but knew that I shouldn’t. So I didn’t.
As I bent down to rearrange the logs, I froze. It was like that sensation from the day before. Numbness, spreading upwards from my feet, freezing me in place. I quickly swooped down and r