" Will you walk into my parlor?" said the Spider to the Fly, 'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy; The way into my parlor is up a winding stair, And I've a many curious thing to show when you are there." —The Spider and the Fly, Mary Howitt, 1829 "

― Bec McMaster , Soulbound (Dark Arts, #3)