It was the early hour of the night when Seraphina found herself in Lucian's study once she finished having dinner.
After visiting the place several times within the past two months, she had become pretty much familiar with it. The wooden book shelves, the warm and dim glow of candles, the shadows drifting in every corner - everything had started appearing familiar to her.
She wasn't able to stop her gaze from wandering toward the spiral staircase merely moments after she entered the study. Her curiosity about where the stairs led kept building with her every visit to the study.
"Want to go up there?"
Her gaze immediately shifted from the stairs to Lucian who just asked her the unexpected question.
"Can I?" She asked to confirm as she always felt like the secret and mysterious upstairs of his study was a forbidden place for outsiders, including her.
