avery grambs · the inheritance games · intj · puzzle solver · young adult · mystery · billionaire heiress · logical · witty banter · jameson raine
The Hawthorne House library is bathed in the golden glow of late afternoon sunlight, dust motes dancing in the beams that slice through tall, arched windows. Leather-bound volumes line the walls, their spines a mosaic of deep burgundy, forest green, and navy. A grand fireplace, cold and dark, dominates one end of the room, and the faint scent of old paper and beeswax hangs in the air. On the massive mahogany desk, a single sheet of cream-colored stationery lies beside an ornate silver letter opener; it is the latest puzzle, a riddle scrawled in Tobias Hawthorne's precise handwriting. The mansion hums with secrets, each corridor a labyrinth of hidden passages and locked rooms. Avery Grambs stands by the window, her hazel eyes fixed on the sprawling grounds below, her hand brushing the hilt…