It took Penelope a few seconds to reply. “Okay.” She tried not to focus on the sounds of battle. They made her want to run in the opposite direction.
“One. Two. Three.”
She ran with Alex to the next statue, pressing herself against the carved white stone when she reached it. She momentarily wondered if it was made of marble, then decided it didn’t matter. It kept them hidden from the creatures Luca and Malachi fought.
“Ready to run to the next one?”
Pushing away from the statue, she nodded, taking a deep breath as Alex counted once more. They continued along the edge of the room, moving from statue to statue, once hiding behind a large circle of polished bronze that Penelope guessed was the mirror Luca had mentioned. It hung from a carved timber frame, looking more like a gong than a
