Althea turned the key in the lock and smiled, her slender fingers brushing over the worn wooden surface of the door.
She hadn't visited this place in quite some time, and as she stepped inside, she couldn't help but admit that she had missed it. Every time she entered this room, a thrilling chill would run through her body, sending a surge of pulsating energy to her heart.
It was a space that belonged solely to her—a hidden room beneath the main palace grounds, built in secret by those who had paid with their lives for their loyalty and service.
It was the queen's spell room.
When Althea first arrived at the palace, she had spent countless sleepless nights here, meticulously crafting her plan for revenge. The queen had gathered rare poisonous herbs and mushrooms, forbidden powders smuggled into the kingdom by nomads, the carcasses of dead beasts, magical creatures, and, above all... dozens of lifeless human bodies.
