The pale silver light of the moon shone beautifully through the cold chill of the night, enveloping the cliff mansion and its entire surroundings, draping the estate beneath a quiet glow that made the world feel softer without making it the least bit less dangerous.
From where Phei stood, the mansion behind him looked less like a home and more like something ancient wealth had carved directly into the mountainside; the towering structure half-hidden beneath shadow and pale light, warm illumination spilling from enormous windows to fight a quiet, losing argument against the endless cold outside.
Beyond it stretched the cliff itself.
Its edges vanished downward into darkness before eventually meeting the enormous lake resting far below, the moon's reflection laid generously across the water where waves large and small kept disturbing the silver mirror nature had set there.
