The haunting of Phantom manor

Chapter 3

Galaxy had just finished putting her hair in a bow when there was a knock on the door. The young woman got up and walked over to the door before opening it. She saw it was Alice.

"Good morning Alice." She said.

"Good morning dear." Alice said before she saw the young woman.

Galaxy then saw Alice had tears in her eyes.

"Are you ok Alice? You have tears in her eyes." She said.

"OH yes. You just look like our master's daughter dressed like that. With a few differences." Alice said.

Galaxy nodded not saying anything because she didn't want to make the maid sadder. Alice then wiped the tears away.

"Anywho I'm to take you to the dinning hall for breakfast." She said.

"Of course." Galaxy said as she stepped out of the room, shutting the door behind her.

She then followed the maid to the dinning hall taking note of where her room was. A few moments later they reached the dinning hall. When they saw Galaxy Jasper also dropped the tea pot while Henry smirked.

"I had a feeling you would suit those dresses." He said.

"Thank you." Galaxy said as Alice pulled out a chair for her.

"How did you find your room?" Henry asked.

"It's very beautiful." Galaxy replied.

Henry smiled at her delighted to here that. Jasper then cleared his throat.

"Perhaps after breakfast we can give our guest a tour of the manor." He said.

"Excellent idea Jasper. I can give her the tour." Henry said.

Jasper and Alice gave each other a  worried look but they knew better than to object their master.

"Are you sure. I would hate to bother you." Galaxy said looking at him.

"You are not bothering me. And I want to." Henry said.

"OK." Galaxy said with a smile.

Henry chuckled at her. About twenty minutes later breakfast was done and Galaxy stood up after Alice pulled out her chair. Jasper did the same for Henry before he walked over to Galaxy.

"Shall we?" He said offering his arm to Galaxy.

Galaxy blushed slightly because this was unexpected but she took his arm and they left the dinning hall. Alice looked at Jasper worried.

"Is he trying to replace Lady Melanie with her?" She asked.

"No this is much worse." Jasper said and Alice paled.

"OH no. And what's worse is we can't do anything to help her. We are under his control after all." She said.

Jasper nodded rather sadden they can't do much without evoking their master's rage.

Elsewhere Henry was showing Galaxy around before she saw a painting of a beautiful redhead in a wedding dress.

"Who's that?" She asked.

"My daughter Melanie. She is no longer here." Henry said sadly.

"What happened to her?" Galaxy said curious.

"She died from a broken heart. You see a few years ago Melanie was to marry her childhood sweetheart Jake. However on the day of the wedding tragedy occurred." Henry said.

"What happened?" Galaxy asked.

"Jake was lured to the attic of the manor and was hanged. We didn't know until two days later when we found his body hanged from the rafters. Melanie was devastated and not long after she passed away." Henry said.

"That's terrible. Do you know who murdered Jake?" She said.

"No one does. On that note do not go into the attic." Henry said

Galaxy nodded understanding why he said that. One murder had already happened there and he probably didn't want another to happen. They soon continued the tour of the manor. The two soon reached the library and Galaxy began to walk around the room.

"Your library is impressive." Galaxy said.

"Thank you." Henry said standing near a mirror near the door.

Had Galaxy turned around and looked at Henry’s reflection she would have seen a skeleton with blood red glowing eyes. He then walked over to the young woman and placed his hand on one of Galaxy’s shoulders.

"I am glad you like the library but there are a few more rooms to see." Henry said.

"OH of course." Galaxy said

Henry chuckled amused at the young woman before they left the library. They soon continued on with the tour. After a little while the tour ended in the ballroom like room. Henry smiled at at Galaxy when they reached the room.

"I hope you enjoyed the tour and found it helpful." He said.

"I did. I am probably going to go back to the library to read some of the books. If that is fine with you." Galaxy said.

"Of course. You can go anywhere in the manor just not the attic." Henry said.

Galaxy nodded before heading back to the library. Once out of eyesight Henry grinned. She was absolutely perfect to be his new bride and no one was going to stop him from making her so.