"No! August!"
The scream came from within the dungeon cell, startling Penelope nearly out of her skin. It was a woman's voice, but Peter was the one who had been in there. What the…
"Help! Someone help! Let me out! He has August!"
Penelope stared at the door, wondering if this was some kind of trick. But how could Peter get his voice to sound like that? In the small window with bars, an older woman's desperate face appeared.
"Hello - please! Let me out! Peter has August!"
"What? He was just in here!" Penelope said, scrambling for the lock and releasing the barrier that sealed the cell door from any alyko getting out.
