The door to the room creaked open slowly, Izlandi held the handle with a firm grip and gradually stepped into the room with batted breath.
Her eyes darted to the furthest corners of the room with alertness, she quickly scanned every inch of the room, and in the end the only thing she found was the cage sitting in the centre of the room.
As she looked into the cage she could hardly believe her eyes as her gaze fell upon Lirian, 'Is he the monster Selner spoke of?' she wondered while gapping at Lirian.
A soft and beautiful smile involuntarily crept onto her face, it was completely beyond her control and she could feel her heart rapidly accelerating, 'Maybe Selner meant that he's monstrously beautiful,' she reasoned with herself and cupped her own face to hide her growing redness.
She couldn't explain it but from the moment her eyes landed on Lirian, she felt like it was impossible to tear her gaze away.
