The portal feels like it opens with a particularly dramatic flair, I know it’s probably just my nerves making it feel that way. Well here goes there is no going back now.
We each step through and I hold my breath in anticipation unsure what will be waiting for us on the other side. As we step out the surroundings come into focus.
We are in a courtyard surrounded by high white walls at least five storeys tall. Purple wisteria covers each of the walls framing large windows with shutters, the ground is cobble stones and the night sky is clear and bright above us full of twinkling stars, although this is a large internal courtyard I have an idea of the massive scale of the building which is every bit as grand as my fathers castle but so so much brighter and more appealing. It reminds me of
