Riley POV
Sandra corners me in the front foyer the next morning, a look of anger on her face. "I don't know what you were thinking when you chose to go out last night, but that's not how things work around here."
I simply nodded, feeling tired. I had not slept well and when I had, my dreams had been filled with images of fanciful creatures, women who sang and lured men to them in caverns underneath the water. Strange and yet, the images had seemed almost real, my body drenched in sweat when I had awoken.
"Great, you can help me outside today, we're doing the windows of the pack house."
I tried not to shudder. Perhaps she merely meant the windows on the ground floor? I did not like heights, although I could not think of the reason why. She got me a new uniform and after I had changed,
