Claudia walked inside. I recognized her voice immediately.
"Where is it?"
Her heels struck the floor. Another person followed her.
"Everything is prepared," a man said.
"That isn't what I asked."
"I said everything is prepared."
Claudia slammed something onto the desk. I couldn't see her, but I could hear every movement. She began rifling through the documents, paper after paper shifting above my head.
My breathing became shallow. One wrong sound and she would find me.
Lydia pressed herself against my consciousness, perfectly still. Don't move, Aria. We can't afford to get caught.
I wasn't planning to.
Claudia muttered something beneath her breath. "These should have been moved already."
The papers were shuffled again.
"Silas wants the final list before the ceremony."
My heart
