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The matte-white walls inside the house didn’t make me feel better about being locked in with Raven. I glanced back at the door, ready to whisper a quick Portunda just to be sure I could make the door reappear. But Elizabeth gave a tiny shake of her head, so I silently followed her farther down the pure white hall.
I’d been in Eric’s house often enough that the fact that the hallway was way too long to fit in Raven’s house didn’t really freak me out. So, as I kept walking down the plain white corridor, it took me a minute to figure out why there was a bubble of panic rising in my chest.
The whole house seemed to be giving off a faint hum. It came from the walls, the ceiling, and if I really concentrated, I could even feel it buzzing in my feet as I walked.
“I hate to be rude,” Eric sa
