"Once upon a perfect time, there lived a woman who's skin glowed like the stars and who's heart was as pure as moonlight. Such was her bravery and goodness, she was beloved by nature, as if. . . " " as if she were it's own daughter! We know that part already!" Interrupted an annoying Atticus. Raven sighed and put the large story book down. She struggled to keep her voice calm, she looked Atticus straight in his ocean blue eyes, " Atticus, if you know the story already, then why did you want me to risk my neck to sneak into mother's room, past the guards she has posted at her door, through a heavily locked safe, to get it, sneak back here, to read it to you?" a long strand of raven's long curly dark brown hair fell into her face,she brushed it behind her ear as she waited for her little brother's response. Atticus smiled his normally evil smirking smile. " I thought you would get caught, then we would see mother as mad as wrolf when he senses intruders." Raven's dark brown eyes burned with anger, " I do not like you Atticus, one bit you little twerp!" She fumed. Atticus smiled again and said, his voice as smooth as silk, " if mother hears you calling me names, she will kill you. Murder you, burry you, dance on your grave. And while she dances terribly, I will be doing _" he smirks and stands to leave, raven stands too and stalks towards the tower my mother, Maria merryweather de nior stays in. I was about to climb the steps when a voice, no more than a whisper on the wind, called me to something beside the marble stairs, " raven, this way raven, come this way," I turned and saw a panel of the wall open up to a small iron spiral staircase. " auntie loveday. Of course." She clutched the book in one hand while she climbed up the stairs to the top of the tower. Loveday, who married my great uncle sir Benjamin, had tunnels going to every place in Moonacre valley. When raven reached the top, she pulled on a small tasseled cord that hung from the low ceiling. Another section of wall opened up into the room that housed Maria merryweather de noir.