Annalise stood outside the big wooden doors of the room inside which the supposed guardian of the Cursed Castle was supposed to be living. Only stars knew how long it took her to drag herself to the top floor of the castle and in front of this very particular door, especially when the only other door located on the same floor just a couple of meters away filled her with an uncontrollable dread.
The latter that she received early in the morning contained a message from the King and her parents who had agreed to meet with her after three days at the Royal Palace. Since she had a lot of time left in her hands while so many questions were running rampant through her brain, she decided to distract herself while doing something useful and that's how she came up with the idea of taking a chance to meet the Guardian.
