Done with party preparations for the day, the Queen dismissed all of her servants so she could have some alone time to relax. She retired to her chambers and told her ladies that she wished not to be disturbed. Once alone she went to the window, closed her eyes, and took a big deep breath. The chaos of the world would just fall away like fallen stone debris chiselled off an artist's sculpture. With each breath, more and more faded away until nothing was left.
Except her two daughters.
She couldn't get them out of her mind. Something felt off, and she couldn't put her finger on it, but when they couldn't be found...
The Queen opened her eyes and exhaled, her brow furrowed in irritation. Yes. That feeling when something was always afoot nibbled lightly at her gut, and it disturbed her. It was possible that the girls had been in the library the entire time. It was also possible that Naesa could have missed them in the corner they had been in.
But it was also possible something was going on.
She turned from the window and seated herself at her vanity. "Knock, knock," she said and then the glass began to ripple like a stone being tossed into a pond. When the ripples faded, she pulled up her sleeve and reached her hand toward the mirror - then inside the mirror - and pulled from it a copper doorknob. "Nobody's home," she said, and the mirror became glass once more. From the vanity, she moved to the closet and stared at the door.
There's no way, she thought. No way at all. But she had to be sure.
As if pushing a needle through fabric, she pushed the copper doorknob on top of the gold one already in the door and with little effort pushed until the copper one was the only one there was. She then turned the knob and opened the door revealing a staircase where her closet used to be. Crossing the doorway, the began to descend the stairs as the door slowly closed behind her.
Except her two daughters.
She couldn't get them out of her mind. Something felt off, and she couldn't put her finger on it, but when they couldn't be found...
The Queen opened her eyes and exhaled, her brow furrowed in irritation. Yes. That feeling when something was always afoot nibbled lightly at her gut, and it disturbed her. It was possible that the girls had been in the library the entire time. It was also possible that Naesa could have missed them in the corner they had been in.
But it was also possible something was going on.
She turned from the window and seated herself at her vanity. "Knock, knock," she said and then the glass began to ripple like a stone being tossed into a pond. When the ripples faded, she pulled up her sleeve and reached her hand toward the mirror - then inside the mirror - and pulled from it a copper doorknob. "Nobody's home," she said, and the mirror became glass once more. From the vanity, she moved to the closet and stared at the door.
There's no way, she thought. No way at all. But she had to be sure.
As if pushing a needle through fabric, she pushed the copper doorknob on top of the gold one already in the door and with little effort pushed until the copper one was the only one there was. She then turned the knob and opened the door revealing a staircase where her closet used to be. Crossing the doorway, the began to descend the stairs as the door slowly closed behind her.
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