Alice lay on the bed, staring intently at the ceiling.

Sleep wouldn’t come.

It wasn’t that the bed at the baron’s estate was uncomfortable compared to the one at the academy. In fact, the most expensive bed brands were well-known, and any noble household with decent wealth, or even wealthy commoners, would likely have beds from those brands. Staying as a guest in a respectable household rarely brought concerns about uncomfortable beds.

The reason Alice couldn’t sleep wasn’t the bed—it was Sylvia.

Or maybe it was also because of Claire, or perhaps even the children from the orphanage where Claire …