The rest of the day passed slowly. There wasn't much for me to do besides some paperwork. I just wanted to hurry through the feast and go to bed. Today had been just crazy to me, and I wanted it to be over. Back in my office, I sorted through paperwork, signing some things, flipping through others, just the typical, boring paperwork things that I had to do.
Eventually, it was fine for me to get ready for the dinner, so I finished what I was working on and organized the piles. However, as I was standing up, I thought I heard a noise from the otherwise of my door. That caused me to pause, my ears perked, listening for the smallest sound, but nothing else came from the other side of the closed oak door. My stomach felt tight, uneasy, because I knew that I had heard something. What was it?
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