Lauralye pursed her lips, "Sadly... I think you will only be able to stretch them in your room... If you don't want anyone to see.... I'm not allowed to leave the castle.... Not after what happened to my mother..."

She sighed and listened to him as he warned her about something wicked coming this way. She looked at him, "I... I don't know what to say.... Or do... I mean... I don't think there is anything I can do... My father.. He wouldn't listen to me if I told him that you had a hunch... He'd want facts..."

She looked at her hands in her lap, "I'm not much use..."