I saw a shadow near my mother's old room, where now her belongings are kept safe, I saw something beyond my imagination....
When I entered the room, I saw one of the castle's servants taking out an unfamiliar pendant from the old wooden drawer, where I remember my mother used to keep her royal jewelry, which she wears everyday, I hide behind the wall so that he wouldn't see me, when he took it out and came out of the room, The pendant was in his hand, as he was in a hurry I couldn't get a good look of it...
I was so furious on this act of our servant because no one in the history has ever done something like this but at the same time I was beyond shocked because why would he steal my mother's pendant? what is it to him?
For a moment a thought ran over my mind and I decided to tell my father about what I saw but then I immediately hopped out of my futile thoughts, Because if I told him, he would take control of the situation himself and never let me know a thing. He always does this—casting me aside, shutting me out of every matter of the castle, as if I were not a part of it at all. That is why, this time, I chose to remain silent.
At Midnight: "The hallways stretched before me, cold and endless, their silence pressing down like a heavy cloak. Every step I took seemed too loud against the stone floor, echoing into the stillness of the night. The torches had long burned low, leaving shadows clinging to the corners like restless spirits.
A shiver ran through me, though I wasn't sure if it was from the chill in the air or the unease that always lingered within these walls. I pulled my gown tighter around myself and moved carefully, as though the silence itself might shatter if I dared to breathe too loudly.
At last, I reached the servants' quarters. The wooden door stood half-open, as it always did—left ajar for those rushing in and out through their endless shifts. I slipped inside, grateful for that small mercy, though my heart beat faster as if I were crossing into forbidden ground.
As i entered inside, a long plain corridor lined with multiple doors leading to shared rooms. The stone walls are rough, not polished like the royal halls, The rooms were dormitory-style several beds in one room, usually wooden or small, straw-filled mattresses, thin blankets, shared chests or shelves for personal belongings.
The torches were dim, scattering shadows everywhere, colder and mustier than the grand halls above, It has simple wooden tables, benches and hooks for apron or tools on walls and a fire pit was in the center for warmth, It's always filled with the faint smells of cooking, smoke or sweat from long hours of work. Murmurs of tired voices, clattering of dishes or silence if everyone's sleep.
Slipping inside the room I saw the same servant coming out of his room, I hid behind the door, when he left, I saw his room's door left ajar so I saw my occasion and immediately availed it, when I get inside the room, the strong smell of cigs hit me, I look around there were five drawers on left side I checked each but didn't found the object I was looking for, when I almost give up, I saw a jacket in the hook on the wall, I checked the pockets and finally found that pendant, now I didn't waste a second and rush toward the hall, on my way back I feel like someone's following me but when I look back to see, there was no one there, the halls were swallowed by the silence, leaves me thinking that I must be imagining it, when I reach my room I immediately closed the door, I put my hands inside my pockets and took out that pendant, now when I look closer, I found that this pendant doesn't belong to my mother, I know for reason that it's not hers because the jewelry she used to wear always has a royal mark on it but instead this pendant says something else, " IT SAYS LYCAN'S "