📖 CHAPTER 12
Early the next morning 🌸
Very early.
The house was still quiet, wrapped in the soft silence that came before sunrise. Most of the staff were not even awake yet, and the sky outside was still pale with the first hint of morning light.
Aria was asleep under the warm blankets when suddenly—
Splash.
Her eyes slowly opened.
She blinked a few times, still half asleep.
Another splash echoed faintly through the quiet room.
She frowned slightly and pushed herself up on her elbows.
“What…?”
The sound was coming from outside.
She rubbed her eyes and sat up properly now, listening