CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
For two days, Ivy speculated as to what was going on behind the scenes. Much of the grand mansion was still a mystery. On arrival, they led her up one side of a double staircase, took her to the back of the building and put her into a bedroom containing an oak sleigh bed. An upgrade from the foam mattress in her cell.
But no freer.
A princess in the ivory tower; alone and waiting for rescue. She had her own shower room and Rita brought food, other than that Ivy saw no one.
Late on the second day, Rita came to her room again, this time with Serg in tow.
“We’re going upstairs,” Rita said. “Mauri wants to talk to you.”
Serg and Rita took her out of the bedroom, through corridors, presumably to wherever Mauri was located. At last it was time to meet the Great and Powe
