Fortress of Lies

~Kaelen~

The heavy oak front doors of the Lancaster family mansion shut behind me, the deep, resonant thud vibrating through the stone lobby like a physical punctuation mark.

I stood in the foyer, my boots planted on the polished wood floor, my hands still shoved deep inside my trouser pockets. My knuckles were clenched so tight inside that the dry, stiff blood on my palm from yesterday's shattere