Chapter 512

The royal chamber didn't have a door. It was just wide open. Rhea dodged around the guards and darted inside.

A long hallway stretched out ahead, with glowing shell lamps set into the walls on both sides. At the end, two soft golden drapes hung from the high dome, their airy fabric floating gently in the water, like sheer cloth fluttering in a breeze.

Rhea slipped through the drapes, and the scene