[Isolde]
I returned to the Quinn estate with no certainty they'd even let me through the gates. You couldn't even see the house from below the mountain because the trees covered the landscape.
The storm gathering somewhere over the ocean had already begun its assault on the coast. Even from the base of the mountain, I could hear the wind howling through the trees, violently ripping at the branches overhead. The cold went straight through my cheap jacket, and I pulled it tighter around myself, shivering as I approached the guard post.
To my surprise, the guard didn't question me. Didn't ask for identification or demand to know why a fired maid was returning in the middle of the night.
"Miss Isolde Corbin?" He stepped out from the small shelter, his flashlight beam finding my face. "Dr.
