Emmelyn turned around and followed Horatio to the ground floor and then walked through the long white corridor around the beautiful garden in the middle of the palace compound.
They entered a beautiful building that was dominated by glass as decoration. The color was blue and it had many huge windows with mosaic glass.
They reflected the sunlight into the rooms inside the building and gave magical feelings to it. Emmelyn was wondering if Maxim's mother was a witch.
"Welcome," Maxim came out to greet Emmelyn. He smiled broadly when he reached out his hand to get hers. "I will introduce you to my mother."
Suddenly, Emmelyn felt her heart flutter. She knew Maxim harbored romantic feelings for her, even though, for now, he put whatever intentions he had for her on hold because he wanted to help her solve her problems first before they could pursue any relationship other than friendship.
