The Stripping Heiress
A switch?
I remembered what Marcus said. “Every desk George ever bought has secret compartments.” I checked the bottom of the drawer again, ran my fingers under it, then pushed the panel at the back.
Click. My heart jumped. The false back popped open.
Inside was a thin leather bookworn, brown, and sealed with a gold clasp. I pulled it out with shaking hands. No name. No label. I opened it slowly.
The first page had a sentence, written in that same neat, scratchy handwriting I recognized from George’s notes. “She is the last test. She must not know until the end.” My blood turned cold.
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