When Ollie reached the kitchens, he was momentarily taken aback by the sight that greeted him.
Clearly, Tipfany and Mina weren't the only ones with barricades on their mind, but Otis had gone a step further than tipping over his heavy oak worktable to block the doorway. From the looks of the people standing in the large kitchen, Otis had gathered a handful of his staff and armed them in what looked like an attempt to defend the kitchens at all costs.
Two large men who Ollie vaguely recognized as wood cutters responsible for keeping the kitchen hearths supplied with firewood stood behind the improvised barricade with large axes while two younger women who Ollie had never seen before held sharp filet knives in their hands as they crouched behind upturned iron pots.
