V2 Chapter 66 The Rip in the Plan! 1/2

Manor POV

" Ah! There we go! Here."

Troublemaker stops in front of a nondescript building at the border between Old Town and the market district; from the outside, it looks more or less like any other house on its street.

I look around. There are boarded-up shops, houses with apartments on the top floors, and a sleepy tavern. .....

What is this place exactly?

As Troublemaker walks up to the door,

I started spotting the tell-tale signs of a particular kind of shop; on instinct, I freeze.

The windows are covered in curtains- too expensive for most regular burghers. A bronze knocker hangs on the door as well, but it's unnecessary. ..... unless, of course, you're expecting guests at all hours.

Most damming of all is a heart and a downward-pointing arrow carved unobtrusively on the door. Ancient symbols indeed.....

Troublemaker glances at me with a grin then beckons me closer.

" Troublemaker..... This is a very bad idea...."

I finally voice out my uncertainty.