Geoffrey had already set up sentries within the manor, and he knew the moment Rosemary brought the rebels inside.

He remained still, waiting for the rebels to focus on looting, then struck in the chaos, capturing them all in one fell swoop.

What he hadn’t anticipated, however, was that Rosemary would take me as a hostage.

Luckily, I was quick enough to prevent the villains from succeeding, but it was a fact that Rosemary had brought the traitors into ...