Her eyes opened, but it seemed as if they weren’t. She still couldn’t believe she was here. Finally, after what seemed forever, she began to see outlines of the things around her, as her eyes adjusted to the pitch black in this…house.
Were was it? she thought. They said it was…
The floor creaked above her.
Her heart started racing. Stop it! It’s just the wind…Right?
She dared to step into the room off to the right of the door.
‘This must be the drawing-room.’ she whispered, mostly to calm her nerves. ‘It’s here somewhere.’ she muttered determinedly as she began searching the room. They wouldn’t send me in here if it wasn’t. Would they? Aw, who am I kidding, of course…
A loud creak in the hallway interupted her thoughts, she jerked her head up at the noise. At the same moment she could’ve sworn the shadow in the doorway was…moving...