his glassy left eye stared sightlessly at me now , his head slightly cocked as though he was beckoning me ... to the afterlife.i shivered again.i definitely had no wish to meet him anytime soon.i forced my attention away from his frightening face and hurried quietly down the elaborately decorated hall to the queen 's royal chambers.it should have seemed strange to be back in this ornate , ancient setting ... but it did not.it seemed perfectly normal , as though i had never left.it was astounding .