CHAPTER THREE Alisa opened the door and revealed a quaint interior with simple rugs and walls filled with all sorts of odds and ends. There were frames filled with dried flowers, paintings of elegant hills and forests, and even one of the city itself with the tower standing tall in the center sans the domed roof, and a few white-painted masks in the shapes of animals hung near the chimney. The fireplace was of the same simple stone as the path and had an assortment of pots and pans at the ready for fast cooking. The entrance opened into a large room and the other rooms branched off from them. There was a small kitchen with a wood stove and in the wall opposite the front door were two entrances into a pair of bedrooms. A narrow hall between the kitchen and the closest bedroom led to a

