Gladys stealthily moved down the dark hallway, warily glancing around her every now and then. She went up a short flight of stairs, and continued down another hallway. She was almost at the end of it when an arm suddenly came out of nowhere and seized her and pulled her into a dark corner, and before she could scream, a soft hand clamped down over her mouth. "Shrrr!" Sarah said, craning her neck to the side to glance at the empty hallway, to be sure that Gladys wasn't followed. "It's just me," she finally whispered. Gladys relaxed a bit, when she realized that it was Sarah. When Sarah removed her hand from her mouth, she turned around and whispered too, "Sorry, I thought it was Efisio, Armo's personal guard. He always sneaks up on me and..." She trailed off, casting down her eyes in shame and pain. "Don't worry, you don't have to say it. I understand quite well what goes on within these walls," Sarah whispered. "You asked me to come, why?" Gladys asked now, readjusting her a
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