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.

In another life, this could have been the perfect spot for a secret tryst. As it was, he had caught me somewhere I had no place or permission to be.

said. Inwardly, I cursed myself. I hadn’t been

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

Women?

make sense. The last time we had been in

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didn’t just vanish.

lined the walls. I gently dragged

side on the

ion out

couch, I noticed, there on the ground, a

one of the bookcases. I

ones

dress.

was

she was real, but to have the extra validation did wonders for

Could that mean there was a secret passage here?

out further than the rest. The sconces didn’t budge when I tugged them. If this was a secret door, the trigger to

my hands along the wooden dividers of the

“Piper?”

out of my

He was handsome in a

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

down this way,” he said. Inwardly, I cursed myself. I hadn’t been careful enough! “What are you

His face wasn’t that neutral. Instead, one of his

Worried?

last time we had been in this room together, he had saved me from

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