“Lucius?” I called out, looking this way and that for him. “Lucius, where are you? Can you hear me? Lucius!”
But there was no answer from the endless shadows that surrounded me on every side. I couldn’t see anyone other than myself, either. I seemed to be all alone in a very dark and cold place that reminded me far too much of the dreams about hell I used to have as a young girl, except those nightmares usually had at least one other person in them but now I was alone. Granted, it was better than being with Satan, who used to appear in my nightmares, but it was still pretty scary.
At first, I thought I had somehow ended up in the Shadow Way again, but then I realized that this place was completely different from the Shadow Way. There were no hallways or old stone doors leading to various
