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Once ere left alone, she looked up at me Her beautiful face broke out into a s an arainst her playfully, "what do you think of The Shade so far?"

"It’s quite i back at the witch’s te yet" She had a twinkle in her eye "I want to take you to The Residences now, but it’s a fair walk Could you carry et there"

I bent down as she wrapped her aran to speed through the forest, following her directions

"Okay, stop here," she said, as we approached a particularly tall redwood tree I put her down and she pointed upward I couldn’t help but inhale at the sight abovethe treetops They lookedthan rumor had made them out to be

We entered the elevator and rose to the top Crossing the veranda, she pushed the front door open and ledroolass-covered ays until we reached a spacious oval bedroom

"This," she said proudly, "is estured that I step inside

I looked around the roo to step in So into her private space

Growing ied on my shirt and pulled me inside

She walked to a corner of the rooe stack of CDs

"As you can see, they’re"Or at least that’sable to dance to club music… Now letone of the glass-covered ays and we stopped outside another roohtly with LEDs, it gave the illusion of sunshine The walls were covered with a mural of a sandy beach

"This room has some history for sure," she said "My dad destroyed it once Ripped it to shreds with his bare hands He used to have a real tough ti his temper Then my mom decided to recreate it"

Next, she ledit a room was rather an understate instrurand piano

I walked around the circu a closer look at all of the instruments Only the best for the Novaks

Rose took a seat at the piano I walked over to her as she began to play But as I approached, she stopped Shethat I sit next to her I acquiesced