The heavy oak door groaned as Sophie stepped inside Silas Harris's grand house. Every step she took on the gleaming marble floor echoed with every heel, loudly chiming in time with her rapidly thudding heart. And she had one reason for coming here: answers.
"Uncle Silas!" she called out into the quiet. "We need to talk. Now."
Silas entered the room from the next one over, reading in his hand, and approached her, his face a mask of annoyance: "Sophie, what is this? It is late and I am irritated at being summoned this way into my own home."
Sophie strode forward, a determined straightness to her back. She ignored his irritation. "Save the theatrics for another time, Uncle. I overheard your one-sided conversation last night. I know there's more to it than you let on. I'm here to de
