Silence reigned supreme between them as neither believed they had anything worth sharing, the clacking of their shoes against the stone floor as well as the crackling and flickering of fire being the only melodies to echo.
Silas and Arabella ascended the same spiraling stairs that had led them down to the trophy room.
As soon as the wooden door creaked open, a feminine voice blared through the hallway, "Master," Katherine curtsied before Silas first.
"Have you been waiting for us here?" Silas asked her.
The lack of light penetrating through the windows and the ignited candles hanging from the chandeliers communicated to Arabella that the sun had already sunk behind the horizon.
"The Lady would like to see Arabella in the music room and one of the maids reported seeing her in your company, coming in this direction, so I waited for you to return here," Katherine bowed slightly towards the end of her sentence.
