House of Lords

Danica POV

Sneaking back into the was easier than I thought. There was a large lattice with overgrown vines beneath my window.

I think my grandmother put it there to give me a chance to have an adventure one day. Though that day hadn't come until now.

The last time I was weighed in gym class, I weighed one hundred and twenty pounds. I wondered what the weight limit was for a lattice that hadn’t been reinforced in years. It's been here since I was a little girl and my grandmother used to take good care of it.

I remember my grandfather checking the veins on it, but I wasn’t sure if he checked anything else.

I looked through a few windows looking for signs of Rick. The house was silent and dark.

Cautiously I placed my hands on the lattice, pulling at it for a false measure of security. When I thought it was safe, I began to climb until I was at my window. Placing my fingers between the open space I’d left on the way out, I lifted it enough to pull myself in. Grateful the window sat above