Chapter 40: Where is Cassian? - 4

Chapter 40: Where is Cassian? - 4

Finally, they stopped in front of a pair of heavy wooden doors. As everywhere else, two more armed men stood guard at the entrance. They gripped the heavy brass rings of the oak doors and pulled them open in unison.

Emily stepped inside, followed by Cixi, entering a vast sitting room bathed in the warm, golden glow of low-hanging crystal chandeliers, despite the wall of floor-to-ceiling windows flooding the space with natural light.

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