Shade put away the small fragment of vine and officially stepped into the cave behind the second Riverbank Stone Wall he had discovered.
This cave was clearly different from the first. Beyond the entrance lay a standard square room, its stone walls polished quite smooth. Arranged in the darkness were a varnished mahogany desk, a four-poster bed with soft cushions, a large wardrobe with metal handles, and dedicated Kerosene Lamp brackets on the walls. The glass shades of the lamps even bore hand-painted patterns.
The storage shelf looked like an antique wooden piece, packed with all manner of labeled containers. There was even a brass-colored bedside Kerosene Lamp shaped like a lotus leaf on the nightstand, the sort of high-end lamp even in the present year of 1853.
"Found it. This must be the place."
The dim Sun beyond the river channel was about to sink completely beneath the city. The thin mist made everything on the river impossible to see clearly. Shade did not bother dealing with the conspicuous cave entrance and instead extended a finger.
"Silver Moon."
At his soft call, moonlight at his fingertip illuminated the Safe House. Shade remembered that he had arranged to have dinner with Luvia tonight, so he would have to move quickly.
Halder Ondiba had last left this place more than a decade ago, never imagining that he would never return. Thus, the Safe House by the riverbank brought a great surprise to the Outlander who found it more than ten years later.
Currency alone amounted to more than 300 Gold Pounds and over 50 Crowns in banknotes, which he found in the desk drawers. As for the coins in the biscuit tin and beneath the cabinet, he could not be bothered to count them.
Other than the money, the Spellcasting Materials