Shady

“I know.” She held her arms out for a hug. “But you’ll be okay. You’re tough!”

“Yeesh!” Ky was at his side in a moment. “You’re okay. Shake it off.”

Ky decided to slow down ever so slightly to let him think he was beating her. “Slow down! You’re too fast!” (Mattathias: *goes sprinting into Gaius’s office Ky: you can’t ...

“Get back here!” she said playfully, sprinting after him.

Ky laughed and chases him in to tag him.

Ky inhaled dramatically. “Does there happen to be a child under here?” She bent down to look.

Ky squinted, trying to determine if there was a place big enough for a tiny human to hide.

She whirled around, trying to figure out where it’d come from. It was definitely behind her somewhere.

Ky got progressively more frustrated. Why did she agree to this? Why did she always agree? To everything ever. She kept trying doors.

Ky sighed and started down the hall on that floor.

“Come out, come out, wherever you are!” Ky decided to try. See if they would illicit a giggle or gasp of horror or any other indication that there was a ...

Ky hesitated on the landing, trying to decide whether to check this floor or go to the first floor and work her way back up. But her gut felt like ...

Ky hesitated at the stairs. Would they have gone up or down? She decided to try downstairs first.

Ky checked the next room and the next, getting progressively more frustrated the longer it took. She really should just go back to her letter. She started for the stairs, ...

Ky stepped inside and glanced around.