Short 129: The Bathhouse Ritual

In the heart of the ancient city, hidden behind towering stone walls and guarded by secrets passed down through generations, lay the Bathhouse of Serendia. A place where the wealthy and powerful women of the city gathered, not just to cleanse their bodies, but to engage in rituals that promised eternal youth and unmatched beauty.

Isla, a young woman new to the city, had heard whispers of the bathhouse's mystical powers. They said that those who entered its sacred waters would emerge with their deepest desires fulfilled. Intrigued and desperate to escape her mundane existence, she sought out the entrance one moonless night.