CROWN OF VENOM AND VELVET

The Echoing Maze

Author: Vesper—Elsewhere

The Echoing Maze

[KAELIA BRYNN HALLOWAY]

I WAS GOING to be late.

Nothing else to it at this point.

This would be my life now. Forever on Lord Rafe's bad side. I turned the corner of yet another empty hallway, a steady throb in my head, a reminder that being late was the last thing I needed right now.

Freezing in place, I realized something after spotting a painting hanging on the hallway walls.

I cautiously walked