Dessert
Catt followed Segna up a spiral of green marble stairs. She was carrying two small dessert plates laden with large slices of honey carob cake.
They reached a higher floor, passed through a few archways, and stopped in front of a pair of double doors opposite a balcony. Segna put her hands on the handles and pushed. Inside were three more steps up. Catt's eyes were on Segna as she climbed them. She followed, butterfly wings in her stomach. The room was wide and rounded. Half of it was a ... |