Hotel Patavium
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Hotel Patavium loomed over the cobbled streets of Padua like a sentient shadow, its walls whispering secrets of the past-secrets that echoed in the late-night footfalls of unseen guests roaming the hallowed halls. The air, thick with a sense of dread, enveloped the weary traveler, wrapping them in an oppressive blanket of watchful solitude, as if the very rooms themselves leaned in to eavesdrop on their every breath. Those who dared to stay often spoke in hushed tones of the palpable unease that settled around them, the shiver of unseen eyes drilling into their backs, urging them to flee before the dawn could break the suffocating spell of the night.