Chapter 33: Almost caught (3)
Annalise stacked the letters she read neatly on top of each other and picked up another four from the drawer. She realised these letters had recently been sent to Rafael because the king spoke of Rafael returning. It was why Rafael had not gotten rid of them yet.
"Where are the letters about the border?" She muttered.
Annalise wanted to hear what was really happening at the border. She had to rely on Thomas to tell her anything he found out when they met, but he was gathering information around the town, and it wasn’t always accurate. She couldn’t send Thomas all the way back to the border each time she wanted to know about home, so she had to piece together the stories to try to find the truth.
Annalise looked up from the letters when she heard a loud thud noise on the outside like someone had crashed into a wall or fallen to the floor. Not taking any chances, she gathered the letters and placed them back into the drawer, then closed it.
Annalise moved quickly while being light on her feet, so no one outside could hear her walking around. She went to the window and opened it. As soon as she pushed it up, she heard the doorknob jiggling as someone was unlocking it, but then it stopped.
’No no no,’ she repeated in her head as she stepped out the window, placing her feet on the small wall outside. Annalise sat on the wall to close the windows. If anyone came in now, she would jump and then run away.
Annalise looked to the right, where there was a balcony of another room she could walk to if she was careful. It was better than jumping down into the bushes below and hurting herself. Annalise carefully got to her feet to begin shuffling across the small wall. She was confused as to why no one had entered the room yet.
"Just my luck," Annalise muttered when she realised that the wall didn’t go all the way to the balcony. At this point, she would rather jump down onto the bushes and walk back inside without anyone questioning her.
Annalise sat down to lower how far she would have to jump down and then slide off the wall, falling down onto the bushes where she had found the snake. She hoped there were no snakes where she was landing as she could not deal with an angry snake now.