The Missing Stairs

Previously

…She knew, with a certainty that settled deep within her soul, that this was only the beginning. The locket was found, the secret room revealed, but the full story, the nuances of Elias Thorne and Agnes’s love, the societal pressures they faced, the true meaning behind the pearl and the intertwined hands – all of that still lay waiting to be uncovered. And Clara, the gentle archivist, was ready to listen. The missing stairs had led her not just to a hidden room, but to a hidden heart, and she was eager to understand its beat.