Chapter 30
The cat disappeared in front of Alyna.
It had been taking her to the Teacher. It ran, and she followed right behind it. Then it vanished.
But she kept running in the direction the cat had just vanished from.
She felt as if she had walked past an invisible curtain. She couldn’t see anything, but she felt it brush against her. Her skin prickled. Then she found herself standing in front of a temple. There was engraving on the solid steel door and on the walls and fences surrounding the temple. She didn’t, however, see any statues representing gods or any other higher power.
Maybe it’s not a temple after all, she thought.
The door slid open and then closed behind her after she walked in.
Inside was a large and empty room—dark, smoky, and rather spooky. The air was icy, and sh
