thief of fate - Chapter 7: Assassination 1

... since ages past, embraced a ceiling adorned with archaic engravings. The light filtering through the high windows cast a dim glow, crawling across the black marble floor, where shadows reflected in shifting patterns, as if painting an unfinished history.

At the end of the corridor stood the great door, silent, guarding the treasures hidden behind it. Its dark wooden panels were carved with depictions of legendary battles and names worn by time, some letters faded, as if even the ages the ...