Hidden Wonder

Castle bound 2

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Turning the shower on I realize something important in the moment. Fuck I forgot my clothes. Okay I think I fucked up there. Welp here's to hoping he's gone by the time I'm done. Taking a quick shower I wrap the towel around my head and see a soft robe hanging on the door.

Don't mind if I do. Slipping it on it feels like clouds giving me a hug. I sneak a peek from behind the bathroom door and see that Ryder's not in the room so I quickly grab my clothes and head for the closet to change.

Walking out of the closet I stop in my tracks when I see Ryder in my room dressed in tailored black pants and shoes, a smooth button down shirt with the top three buttons not done. Am I drooling? Possibly. His hair is wet still from the shower I'm assuming he took, the shirt is tight letting me see his toned physic in all it's glory and I marvel at this man for the hundredth time.

"Are you ready?" He says with a smirk.

"Whenever you are." I blush slightly at the realization that he totally saw me checking out his goodies.

Soon after we enter the hallway "The other rooms are just extra bedrooms." Ryder says.

Hmm I wonder who else stays up here. He leads me to the stair case and we make our way down to the next level where the hall branches out into two sections that have other hallways connected.

"My office room is the last room to the right down this hallway, if you ever need to find me that's the first place I'd look." He winks at me and I laugh. He leads me down that hallway and stops at two wooden doors.

"This is the castle library." He opens the door and I inhale sharply. The room is massive with countless rows of shelves. the walls even have shelves built into them homing thousands of books with all genres. I'm in heaven.

"Amazing." I whisper and we walk deeper into the room.

"There are so many books in here." I say breathily. Some for learning more about the elements, some for learning and even creating your own runes, the history of faerie and fae, there are even fiction and fantasy novels too.

" I will definitely be spending most of my time here." That earns me a smirk, I wonder if there are any steamy novels.

Closing the doors behind us we walk back to where the hallway branches off and houses at least 20 doors.

"These are the rooms of guards that are stationed here."

"I didn't realize anyone stayed here."

"Of course, the maids, cooks, some of the guards and sometimes guests stay as well. But those rooms are in a different hall elsewhere."

We continue on down to the next floor. To the right there are two big double doors that are opened to show a dining hall. Further down are also two double doors that are opened and show a beautiful and massive gala room with red draped curtains that hang from the ceiling and curve into each other. There are marbled columns and the flooring is the same white, gold and gray marbling. Crystal chandeliers hang spaced out above tables and a giant one right in the middle above a big open space.

"Those two rooms are definitely my favorites." Ryder says.

"Do you have galas often?" Im Genuinely curious.

"I do have galas often but there are also..... other parties that take place in there as well."                 other parties?