~Dahlia's POV~
By the time the sound of the first crow split through the silence of dawn, I was already awake, grumpy, tired and far too cranky because I hadn't had a restful night.
My thoughts all through last night had been plagued with flashes of Elodie and as I tossed and turned in bed, I couldn't help but wonder if she was fine… if she's safe. If she had gotten into trouble…
Or not.
And to top it all, strange nightmares plagued my sleep like a swarm of bees to royalty.
I shuddered when images of of these said nightmares fleeted past my mind, and deciding that I ought to shake it off before it succeeds in rattling me more than it already had, I changed into a simple free baby blue blouse and large matching pants, and then tiptoed out of the room— so that I couldn't accidentally wake my daughter up.