With a group this large, sneaking out with no one noticing was impossible. That was why I led them through the hallway we all had taken before. I wasn't familiar with the estate, so it was better to take the path I was familiar with.
So far, we had encountered no one. But the sound of fighting was growing louder in my ear.
"Walk faster," I ordered, glancing over my shoulder, and the people behind me picked up their pace. None of them spoke, and aside from their clumsy footsteps, they barely made a sound.
I stopped suddenly when we're close at the right turn of the hallway and they too. My eyes fixed ahead, narrowing to count how many footsteps were approaching.
"Ma — Madam Roux...?" a shaking voice of a woman behind me called, but I ignored her. "Ma — Madam..."
"Shh." She shut up upon hearing me. "From front and back..."
