The stone wall sealed shut behind them.
Silence.
Absolute silence.
For several seconds, no one dared to breathe.
The footsteps of the strangers faded into the distance until the only sound remaining was the slow drip of water somewhere inside the tunnel.
Lily tightened her grip on the flashlight.
Its beam cut through the darkness, revealing rough stone walls covered with age-old moss.
The tunnel stretched endlessly ahead.
As if it had no destination.
Or perhaps...
As if it had been waiting for them all along.
Lucas broke the silence first.
"I don't think this was built recently."
His fingers brushed against the wall.
"The stone is old."
Margaret nodded.
"Much older than the lake house."
Ethan looked around carefully.
"This wasn't built to hide documents."
"It was built t
