[Music recommendation: Osi and the Jupiter - They Ride Through the Skies on Horse Drawn Chariots]
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In the quiet mansion, where the bright light of the full moon illuminated the dark corridors, staggering footsteps echoed through the silence.
A figure moved unsteadily through the shadows, dark powers continuing to seep from her body as she made her way towards the one place her heart was pulling her to.
The only place that seemed to be calling to her in her current state.
Reaching the ground floor, she finally came to a stop before a door she had never crossed. It bore the delicate carving of a rose above its keyhole... a door Winston had once mentioned led to Gavriel's second study.
Aliana could feel it.
There was something more to this place.
Her trembling fingers closed around the handle and turned it. With a soft click, the door finally opened.
This time, it wasn't locked, and Aliana finally stepped inside.
…..
Sometime back…
