“The door to the next realm opens in an hour. Fatten yourselves up because it only gets harder the further you go.” Daedalus grumbled again, the lines on his forehead creasing, as he muttered something under his breath.
“Thank you.” Silver spoke up for the first time, and Daedalus nodded, leaving the room again.
Aliyah had stopped crying, but was now simply staring into space, her face set in a grim expression. Even here, in this small cramped room with a single source of light, she looked ethereal in her Nikes sports hijab, black turtleneck and baggy jeans. The grim expression in her face however, disturbed me.
Adam moved to the mahogany table and inspected the papers on it. As usual, his demeanor did not betray his emotions, but I caught a slight movement of him clenching his jaw, an
