Chapter 192

Kit crossed the room, finding the opening quickly. She remembered the knob combination and went to spin it, but the door was slightly ajar. Pierce had been here recently. With a deep breath, Kit stepped into the darkness.

This passage was just as dark as the last, but it wasn’t as dirty. She wondered if Pierce had actually brought a rag with him and dusted as he went or if it was just from his form fumbling down the passage so often. She couldn’t imagine Pierce wanting to stand before the queen covered in cobwebs, so she wouldn’t have been surprised if he actually did clean the space as he used it.

Kit had been counting her footsteps, but when she noticed a light up ahead of her, she stopped. It seemed as if Pierce may have left the door at the other end of the tunnel ajar as well, which was surprising to Kit, considering it opened into the queen’s sleeping chambers. It wasn’t like Rona to be so careless.