CHAPTER TENThe dark was still thick outside the window when my eyes opened.I lay still for a moment, listening. The mansion breathed around me — the low settle of old walls, the distant hum of something mechanical deep in the basement, the occasional creak of a floorboard somewhere above. I reached for my glasses. Then my hearing aid. The world sharpened and filled.Four forty-three.I got up.If Sera wanted five, I would give her four fifty. I didn't know what I was trying to prove or who I was trying to prove it to. I dressed in the grey uniform, tied my hair back, and walked out into the corridor before the mansion had fully decided to wake up.The kitchen was empty when I arrived.I stood in the doorway for a moment, taking it in without the noise and bodies of yesterday crowding the space. Large. Organized in a way that made sense once you understood the logic of it. I moved to the far counter, found the cleaning cloths where they'd been yesterday, and started wiping down the
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