Chapter 163. What Took You So Long?

Once they stepped out of the bushes, they both stood up straight and acted as if they were back on duty. He dropped her hand the second they stepped back on the main path. She used her feet to cover the traces of blood that were left from the other guards-she didn't have time to feel guilty about what she'd done.

He looked around casually, Doris kept her head down until they reached the door. He slipped the keys in her hand and she tested the door before she started fitting the keys one by one. On her luck, it took a dozen tries before she found the right one. She opened the door and they slipped inside quickly before they clicked the door shut behind them. Her head spun along with the room around her.

The hall was a lot brighter than she remembered, it also stretched on more than she first thought when Joseph had led her down it. Perhaps it was due to the daylight, but there was no time to wonder. A few guards passed by the end of the hall and they both quickly ducked i