XXVII
Miri entered Governor Grimoire’s office.
It was empty.
She sighed with relief.
This will make my life much easier, she thought.
She had typed a report on the way to the Hall of Governance and she held it against her chest. The paper was still warm because she’d had to ask the governor’s secretary to print it. The secretary told her to put the report on his desk. Miri asked why she couldn’t just drop it off, but the secretary insisted that she deliver it herself.
So she walked across the office, across the soft carpet to the governor’s large mahogany desk.
A grimoire blinked on his desk.
It couldn’t have been for her, so she tried not to look at it. She set the report on his desk and quickly turned away.
Something beeped.
She quickened her pace and then she heard the beep ag
