The devil himself is right at home, and wearing a minister's cloak.
~Increase Mather, 17th-century Puritan minister during the Salem witch trials
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With a resigned shudder, Ravenna's eyes fluttered in a dreamy wave, but her apprehension was far greater.
She could still feel the lingering effect of something ominous in the air, preventing fatigue from monopolizing her consciousness.
After much thinking, Ravenna decided to take a stroll hoping the reprieve would take her mind off the coming night. The weather was lively as well, sun peeking high and bright through the thick clouds as she made her way out of the room and meandered through the exquisite and silent gardens, mentally marking paths and clever places for hiding if it ever got to that point of escape.