Entry #9: First Lines

This First Lines entry is the second submitted by Delia Latham:

“I cannot believe I’m doing this!” Gypsy Lovell gazed in something akin to horror at the handsome oak doors before her. But it wasn’t the elegant entryway that made her tummy clench in distaste, nor was it the tiny barred window, which brought to mind horrid prison cells of yesteryear. What made her break out in tiny droplets of perspiration was the inscription up over the door: Solomon’s Gate. Your true love waits.