Caden waited for Edith's nod before opening the tall dark door.
No sound came from outside, but there was a dim light that highlighted the sky.
Edith stepped through the doorway into the front garden of the Tenebris Domus, also known as the dark house of Byrne. From a sky the color of the deepest ocean, shone a dull silver moon. Its light fell on a cobblestone path leading from the door through the garden to a tall, iron gate. There were smaller paths shooting off from the main walk, lined with black-flowering plants and shrubs. The manor and garden were surrounded by dull grey stone walls.
“It is nothing like your world," Caden began, “...But this is where I am doomed to wander in my darkest times."
Glowing like an oil lamp low on fuel, Edith looked out over the cold garden, “Is the
