th malice as I stared down the trembling dres

ng you ask of me. Spare my life," she

here was potential use in keeping her alive. With a

u breathe a word of what you witnessed here, your life will be forfeit, and those precious jewel

and keep your secret," the maid stammered, a mi

t the scene, her fate now intri

world," I mused, a glimmer of excitement dancing in my eyes. "Now, I mus

ad someone poisoned it? What secrets were they trying to conceal? And most intriguing of a

ticket granting me a seat in the second row. A numbered card

r seat is in the second row. This is your number. Ra

the servant, my focus now solely on th

uction began, promising a night filled w

contin