The foyer was grand but sad, draped in dust sheets like forgotten ghosts. Liam moved through it quickly, his footsteps echoing on the worn terrazzo. He was looking for the heart of the place. He found it at the end of a long, shadowed hallway—a door painted a deep, bruised purple.
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The key was different from the others—smaller, made of blackened steel. It turned with a click that sounded like a held breath. The foyer was grand but sad, draped in
Mrs. Halder, who had refused to cross the threshold, nodded grimly from the doorway. “Hundreds of suitors. Men, women. She never answered a single one. Kept every last one, though.” He found it at the end of a
He looked at the glass wall—the window that faced nothing but water and sky. For fifty years, she had sat here, watching the horizon. Not waiting for anyone. Just… being.
Liam bit the inside of his cheek to keep from smiling. Theatrical. That was like calling the Sistine Chapel a nicely decorated shed.