Anna walked into the music room holding well the tray in her hand. Feelings of indifference overwhelmed her as she readied herself for another encounter with the other prisoner in the invisible castle by name Prince Damian.
In the music room, she touched the crest on the wall and as expected, the chimney parted and revealed the secret passage. The secret passage remained dark despite the very little illumination the rising morning sun outside. The burning torches brought a relief as she herself wasn’t holding any candle to light her path like last night. At reaching Damian’s door, she took a sharp breath while shifting the tray to only one of her hands. She dipped the free hand into her apron’s pockets and came up with a key, the key to the door before her.
She took another deep breath a
