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CHAPTER TEN

EVENING HAD SNUCK UP on them

It was nothing new for Grayson There were many days that came and ithout much notice by him as he pounded away on his keyboard He couldn’t help it He loved what he did for a living In fact, he thrived on developing software Watching a program he’d written from scratch come to life was a total rush

Running a corporation, well, that was so that didn’t exactly excite him There was a lotto do with his co of the cafés And adht in the h

But squirreled away in the palace in this enormous library with just about every edition of the classics on the shelf, he found hih the tall s Nor was it the priceless artwork on the walls or the artifacts on display No, it was the beautiful wo next to him

Annabelle yawned and stretched

“Getting tired?”

She shook her head “No I’m fine

”

He didn’t believe her It was getting late and they should call it a night

“Okay, so it isn’t all of the capitalized letters,” Annabelle said “And it’s not any of the other combinations we’ve tried What else could it be?”

“Let h his hair He’d run the note through a program he had on his co ca that made the least bit of sense

She sighed and leaned back in her chair “Are you sure there’s so here?”

“You sound skeptical”

“I am”