Niall spent days and weeks, waiting for an opportunity to go and get that key. His father always wore it on him, like some talisman around his neck. The only time he seemed to take it off was when he slept, and his bedroom was not a place that Niall could easily walk into. He was way too scared of being caught. He had tried to ask the servants about that key, but they all agreed the Master almost never took it off, no matter how odd it was. That's how Niall learned that there were two other times when his father took off the key; when he bathed, and when he was getting his clothes fitted. And recently, the tailor was coming a lot more often, too. In fact, piles and piles of new clothes were being brought to the Manor, among other things. His mother seemed to be in a happier mood than she'd
