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I don’t know what I expected, but as I stood there blinking, I knew this wasn’t it. Deep blue light flooded the air, just as the white light had done before, cutting shadows deep into the divots and niches of the roughly hewn stone walls. There were no people or even monsters waiting for us beyond the gate, but I couldn’t shake the feeling there was something there. I don’t even know if I can describe the feeling of knowing there are a hundred eyes staring at you and knowing those eyes don’t exist at the same time.
“What is this place?” I whispered, following Eric into the blue light.
“Are you sure we should be here?” Elizabeth asked.
“Of course we shouldn’t. That’s the point.” Even Eric kept his voice low.
A creak and a dull thud made me gasp and spin around as the blue door swung
