The Silent Hall

Rache sighed as she stood in the hall of the palace.

Just.

A hall.

She wasn't even sure where she was. That boy who had promised her a map had yet to appear again, and so...

She was constantly getting lost.

Not between the bedroom and the library or the dining hall - she wasn't that terrible at directions.

Just when she tried to go literally any other place in the palace.

And...

As it happened, here she was.

Going to neither of those places.

She'd tried to go to the library again, but it was closed - apparently there was some kind of cleaning going on. Which...was interesting.

It meant that she wouldn't have as secure a hiding place as she thought, unless she put it somewhere the servants wouldn't find during their cleanings.

But it wasn't every day, clearly, so she just needed to figure out that schedule.

Honestly-