He held is breath not wanting to make another noise. Evie was looking straight at him but with sleepy eyes she said "Five more minutes Hetty." and laid her head back on her pillow.
He exhaled relief he wasn't caught but at the same time annoyed how much of a heavy sleeper Evie was. He pinched her button nose and sure enough Evie was sleeping so soundly. "I really can't leave you this vulnerable." Even though he himself was a danger to her.
He couldn't waste anymore time here he set to work: the paper butler he had already replace and added fire-, water-, and earth-proof seals; he place the mana paper barrier across the window, stronger than the Baroness's original work, with a few of his own tweaks. He wanted to make sure he could go into Evie's room, just you know - in case of emergency.
He gently took off the the charred necklace around her neck, fingers deliberate and oddly tender, and slipped out of her room.
