AMELIA:
I didn't stop. I kept running down the already dark hallway. The lights had been snuffed out to announce that the whole Palace was asleep so whoever had slipped that letter through my door must have waited until this time to do it.
Just as I rounded the corner leading towards the west wing, I caught sight of the cloaked figure. I couldn't tell if the occupant of the heavy robe was a man or a woman but I could make out through the dark that they were tall.
I increased momentum, not even daring to trip and fall as I was so determined to get a hold of this person. My breath came out in heavy puffs and I could hear the erratic beat of my heart against my ribcage, like it was threatening to tear out of my cardiac region. I'd never run this fast my whole life and just as I got to the
