Chapter 707

---- I stumbled up the stairs, my dress tangling around my legs, but I never stopped.

I reached a corridor that split into two.

Ihesitated, ---- feeling lost.

Once again, I shut my eyes, focusing, trying to "sense" and trust my instincts.

That way," I whispered, starting to run.

I could almost see that thin red line before my eyes, like a thread tying us together.

Ireached the end of a secluded wing one I had never been in before.

I didn't know why, but it looked somewhat abandoned.

Aheavy door blocked my way, but I noticed it was slightly open he must have come through here! I stepped inside cautiously, in case he was setting up an ambush, and scanned what looked like the antechamber of a room.

I checked behind the door suddenlynothing.

The path was clear, so I moved forward, step by step, on high alert.

no, dont fade away now! I pleaded

where could he go? This

the neglected

of dust and time greeted

Where?! A secret passage? A hidden tapestry? A trapdoor? Nothing nothing, damn it! Then suddenly, a metal square embedded in the wall, well

was in a discreet corner of

looked like an old

the burn on my hand pulsedhe had

hand stretching

inside, ready to strike? I glanced around, grabbed a heavy vase filled with rotten, withered flowers, and emptied it, ready

I finally reached for

grasped the round handle and pulled it down, my heart pounding

slightlybut nothing could have prepared me for what I

Only an empty space.

space far too large

mind spun wildly, staring into the dark, square,

poured down

I remembered that one of the doctors treatments was locking me

Kath, its for her," I

inch of my body

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