27
The Thing
As night fell and everyone broke off for an early one, I made my way through the dark corridors of the mansion. The place was pretty damn secure. High walls and solid gates to the front. A state-of-the-art security system with full CCTV. Reinforced doors and windows and folding wooden sun shutters that locked on the inside.
We also laid out a series of weapons on an island in the centre of the big, rustic kitchen. We had our remaining guns, a set of kitchen knives and a pair of samurai swords taken off a wall in the main hallway.
If trouble was coming, we were ready for it.
And trouble was always coming.
I walked sleepy along the second floor hallway, past the master bedroom. The door opened and out stepped Giles and Roni.
Giles looked sheepish.
They’d done it.
They’d
