Chapter 106: What Flora Saw

That night, Flora returned to the servants’ quarters with Nadi. She felt tired and decided to get to bed early. She helped Nadi prepare for bed and heard her daughter say her prayers before sleeping. Flora herself got under her blankets after saying her prayers and flicked off the light from her bedside lamp. She looked at the dark room and observed how the dark shapes of the walls and furniture took form. 

Flora did not know what time she had gotten asleep, but she was assailed by strange dreams. She dreamed of Nadi hugging her doll as she was led by Emil down a dark staircase. Nadi appeared to be crying, but she allowed herself to be pulled by Emil. Flora tried calling to her daughter, but it seemed that Nadi could not hear her. Then, Flora saw Emil disappear through a chasm that opened at the bottom of the staircase. Nadi stepped into nothingness and she fell still hugging her doll. 

Flora called to her daughter and tried to run towards the chasm whe