Chapter 1. A Noise in Len's Bedroom
Jun's eye's popped open. She was sure she heard something in Len's bedroom. She had always been a light sleeper. What could it be? She decided to check it out. She slipped a few talismans in her leg-band and quickly clipped up her hair.
She put on her pink slippers and padded toward the door.
"Where are you going, Jun-sama?" Li Bai-Long asked.
"Oh… nothing!" She smiled. "I'm just going to get a drink of water. That's all."
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?" The tall Kyonshi asked his mistress.
"No, you stay here. I'll be right back." She didn't want Bai-Long following her. He might be too noisy.
She walked up to Len's room and pressed her ear against the door. Sure enough, someone was in there and it wasn't mother. Three men were talking in a dialect Jun didn't recognize but it was Chinese.
"Who is it?" She asked, opening the door.
A hand reached out and grabbed her mouth, muffling a scream.
"Frf tsur (let go)!" She tried to say.
"Xiao Shen!" One of the men said, pointing a knife at her. The other one let go. The man didn't lower the knife. "You will keep quiet about this, Xiao jie, you saw and heard nothing this night!"
Then the were out of the window. Jun sank to the floor in shock. Who were those men? What had they wanted? Certainly nothing good if they snuck in through the window in the middle of the night!
"Jun-y…"Len mumbled, "What's going on?"
"Nothing Len, nothing. I just woke up so I decided to go check on you." She walked out of the door and closed it gently.