The air was thick with incense—sweet, smoky, laced with hints of myrrh and something darker, more arcane. Torches flickered in wrought-iron sconces, casting golden light over velvet-draped tents and gilded cages. This was the Velvet Bazaar, a place whispered of in drunken corners of taverns and forbidden tomes—a market not for goods, but for bod...Read more