Chapter Twenty-Six
Coup
“Atty! Atty, wake up!”
A hand grabbed her arm and roughly shook her. Instinctively, Atty jerked away. Rolling away from the edge of the bed, she reared back and came down in a crouched position, facing her assailant with her hands up and nails bared. It took her another second for the fuzziness in her brain to clear enough for her to realize who was in the bedroom with her. In the clear moonlight shining through the multi-paned window, she recognized the familiar figure still in her nightgown.
“Madigan? What...how did you get in?”
“You left the back door unlocked.”
“Back door? There’s a back door?”
The older woman sighed. “Sweet heavens, Atty. When are you going to look around this place and see what all Yulen’s put into it! Liam sent me over to fetch Mattox.
