Chapter 13: My new home

We walked into the castle which seemed more like an entire city than one building. Up multiple stairs, through multiple hallways where some doors were open and others were shut. It was quiet in the castle and I looked into a few open doors to find empty kitchens, empty bedrooms, empty seating areas and other rooms that piqued my interest.

Every guard that we passed bowed deeply to Adrian and stared at me with wide eyes. Some were looking at me angry, some curious and some had an expression on their face that I didn't want to think about. They were licking their lips like I was some piece of candy that they could eat. Some of the guards looked almost human but some definitely did not. I didn't try to analyse it too much and just tried to remember that I was in the demon realm. There wouldn't be a lot of human beings around, I presumed.

The hallway widened out and at the end, there were two massive stairs that led to double, closed doors. More guards lined the hallway in this spot and