Chapter 1
Hestia and the Vestals
Hestia and the Vestals
“Welcome to The Alcove”
That gentle, clear voice pulled me back to reality –if it was reality– and as I lifted up my head trying to find the source of the voice, I fixed my vision upon a lady standing few meters away from me. She was… red… yeah, red. That was the best definition I could give at that time, as I saw her in a long red linen dress with long scarlet hair, a pair of expensive looking red colored high heels, red lipstick and make up, alongside with amber-red nails. She was beautiful, no doubt, with a gentle and welcoming smile.
Her red figure was on a huge contrast with the space I found myself in, dragging all attentions toward her. The space –not exactly a room– was so white it felt like an endless horizon of brilliant light. It was not endless, though, I could see edges of the space far away in my vision, shaping the space in my mind as a huge chunk of a perfect rectangle. However, it was not that perfect either, one …
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