The sun had set and the hall was empty, the servants who brought a file of old scrolls to her quarter had already left. Empress Cassiopeia was lured into a web of secrets that seemed to reach back in time. She has no desire to go through old files, but she must because she has another meeting tomorrow. The grandeur of the palace seemed to echo with the weight of the what she is about to discover as she delved into ancient scrolls and forgotten tomes.
Her fingers traced delicate patterns across the parchment as she pieced together fragments of history, her thoughts dancing with the possibilities of what she was uncovering.
"Lin," Cassiopeia called softly, with a mix of urgency and intrigue in her voice.
Lin entered the room with long stride. "Your Imperial Majesty," she said with a gentl
