The grand hall stretched before them. Milky white.Too white and spotless for this world to be honest.
But its vaulted ceilings were lost in shadow. Candles flickered in sconces carved like skeletal hands, their wax dripping onto the marble floor. The air smelled of old incense and something darker…like iron, maybe. May be blood.
Ivy shivered. "You live here or something?" She rubbed her arms, her voice echoing. "Bit dramatic, even for you."
Ivy joked but Axel did not smile this time.
His boots clicked against the stone as he strode ahead, his shoulders tense. "This place is not mine,Ivy.And it's the first time I brought a guest." A muscle jumped in his jaw. "It belongs to someone I knew."
Knew! Past tense.
Ivy opened her mouth to ask…then froze.
Axel’s eyes.
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