NEOMA's heart started to thump against her chest loud and fast.
[Nero, are you feeling restless?]
"We're here," Emperor Nikolai said, then he dropped the handkerchief.
Neoma's arm fell to her side. But she didn't have the time to complain because she saw a blinding white door at the end of the not-so-dark alley now. She also noticed that the door was surrounded by white butterflies. "Papa, is that the door leading to the saint's temple?"
"Yes," Emperor Nikolai said. "That's the only door that Saint Zavaroni allowed to be connected to his temple."
"Zavaroni?" she asked. "Sounds like macaroni."
"I don't know what you're talking about but watch your manners," the emperor scolded her. "Only the saint and High Priest Dave Wellington know that you switched places with Nero."
[High Priest Wellington?]
Gosh, that made her hungry.
