music he had never heard. Sometimes, he introduced her to books that changed the way she thought about the world.
They began discussing the possibility of spending part of the year in Japan and part in Oregon, where Kenji had friends and a quieter pace of life.
For a little while, their world seemed peaceful.
Then, on the tenth day of their marriage, Yuki discovered the locked room.
And the peace she had begun to trust suddenly became something she was afraid to lose.
Chapter Five: The Locked Door
Yuki first noticed the room on a rainy morning.
The house had two floors, with a small study downstairs and several bedrooms above. Most of the rooms were open and lived-in. Books stood in uneven stacks, framed photographs lined the hallway, and a collection of old scientific instruments occupied a shelf near the window.
But at the end of the upstairs
