What You Don't Expect
Anna and Thomas still looked at her with disapproval as she crossed the threshold into the strange chamber she had been trying to spy on. It was a roughly circular room, with high, sandstone colored brick walls and strange stone benches that ringed the room at regular intervals. Most peculiarly, at the very back of the room, a sort of stone podium stood. It seemed ominous. The shadows flickered and played with it, making it seem taller than it actually was. Her eyes were drawn to it almost as much as to the strange silver box which was still standing in the middle of the room. “So,” Diana said. “This is eerie.” “Don’t,” Joshua whispered. She felt his hand tap her elbow. A warning, she thought. “Sorry,” she said, her voice lower. “So,” Lazarus Wren finally spoke after looking at her, w
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