Tear the curtain

From Create Your Own Story

In a fit of inspiration you tug at the curtain. Vampires crumble in sunlight, right? Reluctantly, the curtain comes loose and tumbles to the floor. The afternoon sunlight streams into the room and falls on Walfreid. He throws his arms over his face and screeches. No crumbling though. Drat. Still, this buys you some time.

One end of your sheet rope is tied to the bed. You hope it's long enough. You throw the other end over the window. A glance back at Walfreid shows that he's stepped outside of the light beam. He has a rather sour look on his face. Stepping around the patch of sunlight, he saunters towards you. "I zink ve've played at zis game long enough. Now's time to end it. Step over here. ."

Your body jolts forward, but you catch yourself. You swallow hard. "You're right. It's time to end this. Goodbye." Clinging to your makeshift rope, you jump out the window. It holds. You lower yourself on it. It gets you most of the way but stops short of the ground. You let go of the rope and fall the remaining 15 feet. You look back up. No one at the window. You look around. You must be on the side of the castle. The sunlight is shining full on this side of the castle. The shadows are getting long. It won't be daylight much longer.

to be continued