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In Lord Dunraven's
Castle
Lord Dunraven!
Heart heard heavy footsteps in the
hallway.
She spun around and ran out of the room.
She fled down the corridor, staying bent
over, keeping close to the wall, and hoping the shadows would hide her.
The round-topped door swung open easily.
The night air rushed in, cool and clean.
Heart hesitated just long enough to glance back up the passage.
She could still hear muffled voices and
the sound of heavy boots. Had he seen her?
She slipped outside and closed the door.
Then there was only the silence of the
night.
Heart ran again, her pulse pounding in
her throat. Every second she expected to hear angry shouts.
She ran until her lungs ached. The road
slanted uphill past the village, but she didn't slow down.
She was back in the trees before she
realized she still had the strange paper box in her hand.
She stumbled to a halt and stared at it
in the moonlight.
She had not meant to take it.
She wasn't a thief!
Would Dunraven notice it was gone? Would
he send his guards to find her?
Heart kicked at the ground, furious at
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