Sebastian woke up with a simmering thirst. The room was too dark, and the unfamiliar surroundings briefly confused him. He crumpled his sheets with his fist, letting his eyes adjust to the pitch-black night. Outside, he glimpsed the outline of trees cut out by the light of the thin moon that hung over them, countless stars surrounding it in a slow dance toward daylight. But the sun was a long way from peaking out of the h...