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Louise ate without really tasting the food, glad to have something warm to eat that she didn’t have to make

Saturday When Louise opened her eyes, she was drenched in sweat and her heart was pounding. “Okay,” she said aloud,

Louise took advantage of the distraction and ran for the great hall. More room, she thought. The armory. She could

Louise caught a glimpse of women emerging from the great hall, armed, and starting to move purposefully toward them in

Louise hurried down the ladder from the roof and paused to listen. The castle sounded the same, full of vague,

It was a few hours later when Penelope said, “All right, I’m going to try something. Try not to be

Louise poked boredly at the screen. Penelope had kept up a murmured stream of obscenities for the first half hour,

Louise obediently went back to the table and ate without tasting any of it. She tried to work out what

Finally, Louise decided that she just couldn’t keep rolling around in her own misery, took a deep breath and said,