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[Music recommendation: Secession Studios - Violin Music - Lucifers Waltz]
She was so disturbed by what she had witnessed that she had forgotten to keep her senses open to the outside. Then she heard a click, and her bewildered eyes snapped to the door.
That's when she noticed the turning of the doorknob.
Not waiting a second longer, she clocked herself back in the shadow patch and moved to the far corner of the room beneath a shelf.
A moment later, she saw who had entered. High heels struck the cold, dark floor with crisp, echoing clicks, each step announcing the arrival of the newcomer into the chamber.
It was then that Cece saw a familiar face and froze. The figure who stepped into the room was none other than Queen Viva herself.
Viva glided forward effortlessly, with her black gown hugging her slender frame like a shadow coming to life. In one hand, she carried a lantern, its dim glow shooing away the darkness and casting distorted silhouettes across the chamber walls.
