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“With this many people we should take the stairs,” Caius suggested.
“But those are blocked,” Gina reminded him.
He grinned. “Not for long.”
“But they were shut for a reason,” Gina insisted.
Judith set a hand on her shoulder. “Perhaps they were, but we have a better reason for opening everything in this mystery, so just this once let us set aside tradition for precedence.”
Our large group hurried into the building and up the stairs. We had only reached the landing when there came a terrible scream. Judith and Sage shot ahead while we others followed.
I reached the second floor and looked toward Amsel’s office. A figure lay on the floor before the open door. Light spilled out of the room and showed someone kneeling beside them. They looked up and I saw it was Amsel. At her
