An Unfound Door, Chapter Thirteen

After crossing the outdoor courtyard of the west wing of the castle, which is filled with bones, Fhiad and Agnes enter the main library of the former magic academy. It’s in disarray, but Agnes finds a reading room that’s still in good condition. While searching the shelves, Fhiad remembers how he was seduced and betrayed by Agatha, the princess of his era. Fhiad lashes out at Agnes, who weathers his emotional storm and tells him that she’s found a book with illustrations of the three keystones needed to open the door in the courtyard. Two of these stones are in Faloren, but the third is in Erdbhein. Agnes proposes that they travel there, revealing that she has experience fighting magically preserved corpses called husks.

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