that caused them to keep him shackled inside a locked room - had nothing to do with true lunacy, and everything to do with the demon possessing his soul.
Martha cleared her throat. "Is there anything else you've need of at the moment, Miss?"
Tamara assured her there was not and the maid took her leave, closing the door once more behind her. When she returned her attention once more to the page upon the desk it took several moments for her to find her place in the narrative again, for her to imagine herself in the dire circumstances of her protagonist. Then she nodded once and reached for her pen.
Once again, she was interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Yes?" she called, allowing her annoyance to sneak into her tone.
She fully expected to see Martha again, returning with some additional bit of bad news that had slipped her mind the first time. Instead, the
