It took a moment for everything that had just happened to sink in. Once it did, I grabbed the doorknob and started twisting it, saying, “Lucius? Lucius, are you there? Hello? Lucius?”
But no matter how hard I tried, the door just wouldn’t budge. I eventually gave up and stepped backwards, realizing that Lucius had somehow managed to lock the door on the other side. I didn’t even know it was possible to lock a door in the Shadow Way. Then again, given how I hadn’t known about the Shadow Way until just a few minutes ago, there were probably a lot of things I didn’t know about it.
Stepping back from the door, I folded my arms in front of my chest and sighed. How could Lucius just shove me out into the Shadow Way like this all by myself? Granted, I was alone, but I still hated being shoved i
