Loretta glanced at the indicator on her living room wall as she passed through. She had to admit that was one of the more clever ideas her grandmother had come up with.
Anyone who didn't know better would see one of several elaborate metal sculptures, like many others inside and outside the house. Even if a guest looked very closely, that's all the uninitiated eye would ever see. The only thing anyone could notice was one of several glass jewels scattered throughout the looping metal.
The one that mattered switched from red to green when the guard was in place.
She'd doubted such a simple device could be effective, but Loretta had come to rely on it over time. As soon as a guard walked into the hidden room around the corner of the porch, the corner that faced the Fog, and closed the doo
