Twelve Minutes to Midnight (2011)
“Through a crack in the curtains, a slender shaft of moonlight illuminated the door as it softly swung open. A slight black-coated figure crept into the room like a thief, pausing with every footstep as the tick of the grandfather clock standing in the corner kept time with her thumping heartbeat.
Penny glanced around the room, its furnishings now shrouded in shadows. As she moved forward, her leg brushed against a corner table and she quickly had to reach out to right a glass vase as it tee...tered precariously. She could barely see more than a few inches in front of her face, but she couldn’t risk turning the lights on. The danger of discovery was too great.
So far everything had gone to plan. The master key in her pocket had opened every locked door that Penelope had encountered. It had been a close run thing to acquire the key, her light fingers surreptitiously lifting it from the loop of keys on the butler’s belt as he had handed her back her coat earlier that day.MoreLess
Penny glanced around the room, its furnishings now shrouded in shadows. As she moved forward, her leg brushed against a corner table and she quickly had to reach out to right a glass vase as it tee...tered precariously. She could barely see more than a few inches in front of her face, but she couldn’t risk turning the lights on. The danger of discovery was too great.
So far everything had gone to plan. The master key in her pocket had opened every locked door that Penelope had encountered. It had been a close run thing to acquire the key, her light fingers surreptitiously lifting it from the loop of keys on the butler’s belt as he had handed her back her coat earlier that day.MoreLess
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