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“Pull that trigger and I swear, I will let you kill me before ever I show you the diary,” Mandy threatened “Buthi happened to Elly and me”

Alfred walked over to a hook in the wall and produced a length of rope and threw it at Mandy It fell to the floor and he sneered as he told her, “Pick it up and tie her wrists behind her back And her ankles…tie them as well”

A few moments later he shoved Mandy with the pistol in her back and said, “Coet that diary”

He kept the reins of her horse tightly in his grip and she was forced to hold her horse’s mane for balance as they made their way to Abbey Road

It didn’t take theet to the abbey and once there, she jumped off her horse and watched as he tethered his nearby, noting that he didn’t bother to tether hers No doubt, he meant to kill her as soon as he had the diary She had to think fast

And she did She looked at him and said, “We have to take the stairs down under the trap door, do you wish to go first, or shall I?”

“You…first and I would be careful if I were you, as I have this pointed at your back and will be close, very close”

She took the stairs but as she got to the botto her arms wide

“Get up, you clumsy bitch!” he shouted at her

She did as he asked, but this tier empty-handed

Soun, for just such an occasion at the bottoo as she proceeded to lead hi dark corridor She had to bide her tiht moment

Only one torch had remained lit in their absence and Alfred didn’t seehted, so they had to slowly h the semi-darkness

Suddenly Mandy stopped, turned and faced her cousin, “Alfred…the diary isn’t here I lied”

He gritted his teeth, reached out and slapped her hard across her cheek She put a hand to it, shocked at the force he had used “Damn you for a cockatrice!” he snapped “Get the damned diary now”

“I aold and Elly It isn’t here”