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Chapter 30

           Sophieslippedherheadandshouldersinbehindthepaintingandraisedtheblacklighttoinspecttheback.

           Ittookonlysecondstorealizeherinstincthadbeenwrong.Thebackofthepaintingwaspaleandblank.Therewasnopurpletexthere,onlythemottledbrownbacksideofagingcanvasand

           Wait.

           Sophie’seyeslockedonanincongruousglintoflustrousmetallodgednearthebottomedgeoftheframe’swoodenarmature.Theobjectwassmall,partiallywedgedintheslitwherethecanvasmettheframe.Ashimmeringgoldchaindangledoffit.

           ToSophie’sutteramazement,thechainwasaffixedtoafamiliargoldkey.Thebroad,sculptedheadwasintheshapeofacrossandboreanengravedsealshehadnotseensinceshewasnineyearsold.Afleur-de-liswiththeinitialsP.S.Inthatinstant,Sophiefelttheghostofhergrandfatherwhisperinginherear.Whenthetimecomes,thekeywillbeyours.Atightnessgrippedherthroatassherealizedthathergrandfather,evenindeath,hadkepthispromise.Thiskeyopensabox,hisvoicewassaying,whereIkeepmanysecrets.

           Sophienowrealizedthattheentirepurposeoftonight’swordgamehadbeenthiskey.Hergrandfatherhaditwithhimwhenhewaskilled.Notwantingittofallintothehandsofthepolice,hehiditbehindthispainting.ThenhedevisedaningenioustreasurehunttoensureonlySophiewouldfindit.

           «Ausecours!»theguard’svoiceyelled.

           SophiesnatchedthekeyfrombehindthepaintingandslippeditdeepinherpocketalongwiththeUVpenlight.

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