Eleanore was glaring at the newspaper Stella had brought along to read. It was an ordinary newspaper, but what it held on the very first page, was what intrigued her. It contained the face of the very woman, who kidnapped her, tortured her and then died.
Verbena.
The sad part was that her family was looking for her and had no idea where she had gone. Thus, leading into this missing report.
Eleanore assumed that she might have died along with the other two in the fire that she had lit by herself. She had deliberately closed the door for them and tied her up to give herself time to escape. That decision, she never regretted it. But the fact that she had wished her death before climbing down the tower, made her stomach twist in various directions. It was just so unsettling, that the cold sweat that didn't leave her body yesterday on seeing the notification, appeared on her forehead today.
