Chapter FourThe taxi wound its way slowly up the road to the house. From where he sat, Daniel had a good view of the surrounding countryside as the car turned the final corner and the vista opened up before them.
He gasped.
Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine anything like the sight that now greeted him. He gaped at his dad, who appeared dumbstruck.
A large imposing castle stood solid and strong, its gleaming walls, massive buttresses and grand entrance steps a testament to the skill of the builders who had laboured to create it hundreds of years before. A magnificent tower punctuated by four rectangular windows dominated the building, its conical roof a gleaming, deep blue. A small oak door at its base was the smaller brother of the much larger and grander double door that stood
