<span style="font-family:Calligraffitti"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffff">Chapter Two - House of Dreven</span></span></span><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99"><br/>
Ayla sat on the ebony chair, running her fingers over the deep violet marble surface of the table, almost in shock. She’d barely remembered the journey here, her head swimming from everything that had happened.  She took a deep breath, as though trying to process how they’d ended up here, hurt and betrayal plain on her face at the thought of what their father had done, the two of them paying the price for it now.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Alexi on the other hand, was taking stock of their surroundings. Had they been in a normal house, there might have been real windows, but this was no normal house, and the enchantments on the glass panes imbedded in the walls gave the illusion of a serene garden scene, a little wild and unkempt, but lovely and well organized, preserved at twilight, with the moon just rising over the horizon. It was a prison, but a finely crafted one. He was honestly surprised by the luxurious accommodations they were given. A series of four chambers, each decorated in exquisite detail. <br/>
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There was a bedroom, and adjoining bathroom, two beds, two dressers, as though it were set up for a set of siblings, though how he’d had time to get this setup… unless he’d previously intended to take both of them. It was the most logical conclusion he could come to. There was also a nicely furnished study, where instead of fake windows, books adorned all four walls, save for paintings imbedded in the shelves. And of course, the room they were in, a fancier parlor type room, with large double doors leading to the rest of the estate.</span><br/><i><br/>
<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">&lt;it's going to be alright… I hope.&gt;</span><br/>
<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">&lt;I know. Not like we had any other choice…&gt;</span></i>