Chapter 32: [Bonus - ] Almost caught (2)
"No more than an hour," Annalise said to herself as she closed her door.
After a quick change to something more comfortable for her to move around in, Annalise was ready to make the most of all the knights and servants being in the grand hall and the rest of the estate lonesome. If she could find something important about the border now, the night would not have gone to waste.
During her two weeks here, Annalise had not gathered any information she could send to Thomas on her day off so that he could return home to warn her father. It was time to make use of her working here.
Annalise listened closely to her surroundings so that this time she would not be caught sneaking around by anyone and be given a new nickname. She wanted it to end with a pervert and bush girl.
Annalise looked over her shoulder at the slightly dark hall. There was little light in the servant’s quarters now since they were all supposed to be working. She was quick on her feet to reach the foyer and then walk up to the second floor to either visit Rafael’s room or the study where he had seen her in the bushes. One of the two rooms must have something that would be of use to her.
Since the study was closer than the bedroom, Annalise decided to go there first and if she had time, she would visit Rafael’s bedroom. If she were to somehow become his maid, that was a chance for her to look around his room as she pretended to clean. There was never an opportunity for her to enter his study since Edwin was the only one to go inside.
When Annalise reached the study door, she looked around to see if there was anyone walking around before turning the doorknob.
’Locked,’ she sighed when the door wouldn’t open. Luckily, she came prepared as she would never underestimate Rafael Callahan. He could never leave a room that might contain information about war around the kingdom, open for his servants to enter.
Annalise quickly stooped down and fished her pockets for a special tool Thomas had made for her. A small thin iron tool which looked like the jewelry Annalise once saw women sticking into their hair. Jewelry that was said to come from far out of the kingdom.