Betrothed To Six Lovers
The heavy doors groaned as they opened before me, and the familiar scent of dust, leather, candle wax, and ancient paper wrapped around me immediately.
The compodium.
Blackwood’s graveyard of secrets.
My heels echoed softly against the floor as I walked deeper inside. Tall shelves stretched endlessly around me, crowded with books older than generations. Glass cases displayed relics of former rulers, broken crowns, ceremonial daggers, faded portraits, charms, scrolls, and objects whose purposes had likely been forgotten with time.
Usually, the place unsettled me.
Today, it felt necessary.
Because somewhere inside these walls was the truth they had buried from me.
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