Chapter 153

• Lily stepped up to him and put her finger to his lips. She shook her head slowly with a sad look on her face. "We cannot allow visitors in the main city and that is what you are." When Daniel tried to argue the point, Lily shushed him. "I've already tried the Queen's patience once by brining you here, my love," she said. Lily closed her eyes and gave him a gentle, passionate kiss. "I promise that I will be back soon and I will tell you all about it when the time is right." With a casual wave of her hand, the door to her chamber opened up. Then with a twirl, she was off down the corridor faster than Daniel could comprehend any living thing moving. By the time he'd blinked she was already two levels down on the corridor that spiraled down the outside of the ice cavern.
• While his mind wrapped around the speed that apparently the women around here could move at, Daniel walked into Lily's bedchamber and stopped just inside of the door. The room, or luxury condo as he wanted to name it, could easily put any single five star hotel penthouse to shame in his opinion. The door closed on its own behind him, shutting him inside. "What is this, some kind of prison?" he muttered as he examined the door and could not find a doorknob, let alone how the thing swiveled open.
• But, he figured as prisons went this definitely was top of the line. Daniel could certainly think of worse places to be held at. The ice condo, as he started thinking about it as, was two levels and sunlight seemed to filter in through the ice from the vaulted ceiling. He wound up gravitating towards the living area where there were places to sit on plush white furs and pillows around a central fire pit. What really caught his eye were the multitude of books on shelves lining the wall close to the ramp that led up to the second level.