Chapter 261: Consuming Fire

Chapter 261: Consuming Fire

Sylvia’s heartbeat was steady, too steady, as though her body had already accepted what her mind refused to admit. This was the rational thing to do. This was her duty.

In the evening light, with smoke rising from the upper halls, the mistress of the mansion would take the secret passage that led to the stables; that was the usual procedure in the noble households and that was what they would expect for them to do. The real Lorraine would have escaped through another route. Sylvia was the decoy, the bait.

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