Stealing Magic (Vampire Primes)
“For all her determination to go through with her current plan, her palms were damp with nerves and her heart was racing. She was alone in the hallway, probably the only person on the floor as the guests were currently downstairs at breakfast. Even if anyone saw her loitering by the door, who took any notice of a servant? She still carried a metal pail and other implements for cleaning the ashes of last night’s fire from the bedroom grate.This is no time for cowardice, she told herself. Onward i...nto the breach—was that Shakespeare? Nothing ventured, nothing gained—that was certainly Granny McCoy.She wiped her hands on her dull black skirt, squared her shoulders, and stepped forward. She gave a light tap on the door for form’s sake then turned the brass knob and went inside.The room was dark, there being no windows on this side of the house. This was because of the secret passage, Grace knew, but there was also an ancient marble frieze taken from Greek ruins across the front of the house which was the official excuse for the lack of windows.MoreLess
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