Sylvia's POV:

A wave of relief washed over me when I heard that. I was glad Nicole had agreed to protect me for the time being.

But soon, the excitement was replaced with confusion. "How do we escape from them?" I asked, walking to Nicole. We were standing at a dead end. There was no way out.

But before I knew it, Nicole did something, and an entrance appeared on the wall at the end of the corridor.

I gasped in shock. No wonder I couldn't find the staircase upstairs. It turned out there was a secret mechanism. "What are you waiting for? Don't you want to live?" Nicole looked over her shoulder and shot a nasty look at me. "I'm coming." I quickly returned to my senses and followed her into the secret door.

Before I got caught, the door closed behind me and blocked the sounds outside.

However, I couldn't stop worrying. "Will they follow us in?"

"No, they don't know how to get in here," Nicole said coldly.

her to a place

lamps were hanging on the ceiling, making it look like stars strewn across

fooling us. Otherwise, the one here will kill you without thinking.

surprised to know that

playing tricks.

I answered hurriedly. Just then, a

was a colorful, abstract painting. At first glance, it looked like a landscape. But as I had a closer look at it, the painting was more like a woman crying, holding a child in her arms. "Hurry

"Yes."

hastened forward, walked through the library, and

realized it was the

the attic was a white carved iron door with gauze curtains, and a swallowtail butterfly wind chime was hung on the

times, and I heard a

"Come in."

door open

place looked beautiful and exuded an

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