ong time and watched,

ept for the dull light coming from som

called out

get a reply, I d

a house where there are no occu

kn

ave all go

e and closed the

protesting sou

I walk out of the foyer, only to discov

I saw the light in?” I wondered

cking my environment becaus

p there, and see what th

his strange palace in the forest

e as I climbed, but I didn't a

to reach the top of the s

the kingdom. Climbing through this one made i

ontinued up the stairs, momentarily

reached the first floor, whe

ee the room I saw the li

e?” I wondered aloud as

sent shivers down my spine, but I

arlight, the fe

g scar

bold as

oor, and entered inside without

in doing that since I won't see a

el

lled

a bed in the middle of the room. The larger-

, was the light that

seen. It was like a lantern, but t

me to hasten towards it, in my bid to

ange swirling light, and I

mething I didn't notice w

of a box, but the b

lantern I was going to check out a

to a flame with th

od

ck when the window, by th

e silent room, caused m

dy on its way to the gra

e, in a defensive mode, as

othing strange aside from

like the first time

” I wonde

l season which is a se

as if I had somehow been transported into

hts to deter me from approach

ewellery box, but that can't be

so long, it might contai

what sparked

see what was

ht be the treasur

l do well with a box fill

of the palace have all deserted, before

d out the closer

m the only one in this place, fo

e time before I closed the dista

my hand

e to see the entire

n designs on it sho

rough the drawin

them mad

on the floor while a man stood over her wi

box. Each of them depicts a different scen

this?” I traced a finge

window opened a b

s went off, bathing the

thunder can be heard, and the stre

ears with my palms

emale, I can't be

, I