Chapter 9
NELLIE HESITATED at the door, a sense of trepidation coming over her as she stared into the darkness. She shouldn’t be here, and if she were sensible she would turn around now and leave this place immediately.
But if she did, she would forever worry about what she could have learned and done if she had gone ahead.
If the Shepherd Adrianus was right, nothing here was of value—just old books full of nonsense and lots of dust. If this was merely a place where junior members of the church came to read about or perform indecent acts then she could understand her father’s worry. But in the palace hallways during banquets, she had seen enough debauchery and fornication to last her a lifetime, and since they involved two people who both agreed to take part, she thought there were more
