The spiral staircase seemed to go on forever.
"Lucius?"
He glanced back at her over his shoulder. "Hm?"
It seemed impossible that he didn't even look winded while her legs burned with each step. "Does this lead all the way to the top?"
His smile was answer enough. "Almost there."
Almost there?
It was a good hundred stairs more after he'd promised her that. She was regretting having followed after him in the first place, until she saw he'd led her to a literal dead end, windows lining the wall where Lady Liberties crown was. "Here," he said, holding his hand out to her.
A bit breathless, she took it, surprised by how abruptly he'd pulled her in front of himself so she was right in front of the small, elevated window. It was almost like looking out a port hole and, from so high
