Chapter 0169

People didn’t just vanish

Bookcase after bookcase lined the walls I gently dragged my fingers over the spines. Some of the books seemed ancient, others newer. They sat side by side on the shelfs, a balance of new and old.

When I reached the wall behind the couch, I noticed, there on the ground, a tiny bit of black sticking out from under the bottom former of one of the bookcases. I knelt down and pried it away from the furniture.

I

It was a small black feather, just like the ones that had graced the shoulders of the mysterious woman’s

So she was here.

I knew she was real, but to have the extra validation did wonders for my tired mind.

The fact that the feather was under the bookcase Could that mean there was a secret passage here?

I

Tucking the feather into my pocket, I searched closer. No books were jutting out further than the rest. The sconces didn’t budge when I tugged them. If this was a secret door, the trigger to open it wasn’t as obvious as something that would be in the movies. Still, there had to be something.

I continued searching, running my hands along the wooden dividers of the shelves.

Piper?

I nearly jumped out of my skin.

Behind me, Nicholas walked into the room. He was handsome in a three–piece suit, and his piercing gaze stole my breath a moment.

been the perfect spot for a secret tryst. As it was, he

servants told me they saw you come down this way,” he said. Inwardly, I cursed myself.

him closely. He didn’t seem particularly annoyed that I was here. His face wasn’t that neutral.

Women?

been in this room together,

Chapter 0169

didn’t just vanish.

the walls. I gently dragged my fingers over the spines. Some

side on the

ion out

noticed, there

bottom former of one of the bookcases. I knelt down and pried it away from the

black feather, just like the ones that had graced the shoulders of the

dress.

she was here.

knew she was real, but to have the extra validation

fact that the feather was under the bookcase. Could that mean there was a secret

than the rest. The sconces didn’t budge when I tugged them. If this was a secret door, the trigger to open it wasn’t as obvious as something that would be in the movies. Still, there had to be

hands along the wooden dividers

“Piper?”

out of

was handsome in a three–piece suit,

life, this could have been the perfect spot for a secret tryst. As it was, he had caught me somewhere

this way,” he said. Inwardly, I cursed myself.

here. His face wasn’t that neutral. Instead, one of his brows curled slightly in the middle, like he was

Worried?

The last time we had been in this

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him about what I was doing here. But as things were,

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