Zoe POV

By the third day, I know this place better than some of the people who live in it.

I've walked every corridor, noted every stairwell, counted the doors that are always locked against the ones that are left on the latch. I know which floorboards carry sound and which don't, which windows face which direction, which rooms go unused and which show signs of regular occupation. I've learned how to move through the manor without encountering the staff—not because I'm trying ...