KATHERINE'S POV
I love this Council Hall, I thought to myself, content, while enjoying a well-deserved massage.
It was an enormous castle that stood alone in the midst of a winter wonderland, raised over an amazing system of thermal springs. They had everything: a gym, a big home-theater room, countless living-rooms, pools and two (two!) wellness centers.
I was currently enjoying the one that was closer to my room: as soon as I told aunt Lacey, Irina's mom, about my first heat striking me a couple of days before, she had immediately rushed me to the baths to get myself a good pamper.
And so, there I was since three hours, shifting from pools, saunas, massages and skin and hair treatments. In short: I was having the time of my life.
"You have an amazing skin" the masseuse co
