Stolen Secrets

***127: Plan In Motion

Cassia Rowe

That night, the house was cloaked in silence, but I couldn’t rest. My resolve to uncover Nadia’s secrets gnawed at me, and every time I closed my eyes, her mocking words echoed in my mind.

I glanced at the clock—it was just past midnight. Most of the household would be asleep by now. Quietly slipping out of bed, I wrapped a shawl around myself and stepped into th