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Fina started with the twins’ room. They insisted on sharing, as they did with everything else. There was something decidedly shifty about the twins – something other than their passion for mind-altering substances.
Rather appropriately, Lady Shillington had placed the twins in the Red Room. After finding the extra skeleton keys in the kitchen, Fina had distributed them to Ruby and Pixley. The keys clinked together in a merry jingling noise as Fina fumbled to find the correct one for this lock. Finally, a satisfying click came from the door to the Red Room.
The door creaked as it opened. The interior of the room resembled the morning after a sea squall. Beautiful sparkly clothes were draped here and there, creating a disorienting effect as Fina lifted piles of toiletries and frocks in
