Professor Kestrel's Office - description

Professor Kestrel's office isn't what one might expect of a vampire. It's comfortable, homey, old fashioned and neat. Like an old English home.

There's a fireplace directly opposite the entry door, with two armchairs facing each other in front of it, a kettle for tea on the hearth. Above is a large mirror that shows the whole room. On the right is a roll-top desk with a plethora of tiny drawers, above and around it are bookshelves filled with books and trinkets from all sorts of places and times. To the left is a sofa, and side tables, and another door leading ... somewhere.

But it's the shadows that are different here. They seem alive, and darker than anywhere else in the castle, almost solid.