" Cass’s stomach flipped over as Falco reached into the stinking heap of garbage. He closed his hands around a tangled chunk of blackened metal.
“What is that?” she asked.
“Blacksmith’s error, most likely,” he said, reaching up and slamming the metal into the shutters. The wood splintered.
Cass jumped back and covered her face with her hands as a cloud of dirt sprayed outward. “Are you insane?”
“Only occasionally.” Falco brushed the dust from Cass’s cloak. He reached his arm through the jagged hole and winced as he felt around for the latch. The shutters opened with a groan, unveiling an inky rectangle of open space that reminded Cass of a coffin.
Falco hoisted his body up through the opening and into darkness.
“We can’t just break into the place,” she whispered loudly.
“And yet, it appears that we can,” Falco said, perching like a cat on the narrow windowsill. “Were you hoping a servant might admit us through the front door? "

― Fiona Paul , Venom (Secrets of the Eternal Rose, #1)