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ELLISANDRA AND JINTHO had arrived at the far end of the dark corridor, where there was a narrow door, which, when Jintho opened it, led into a dark maw where just the first few steps of the emergency stairs were visible.
Ellisandra swallowed. She did not like tight and dark spaces, and to be honest, she was beginning to feel very shaky. She peeked into the darkness. “They’re on the first floor, right?”
“Yes. There’s two more floors above the office, but they can’t use these stairs.”
Ellisandra started up the stairs. It was dark inside the tight space and her footsteps echoed muffled between the heaviness of the stone walls. The air smelled stale with a faint tang of decay. She was halfway up when a wave of dizziness hit her.
Damn it.
She held tight onto the railing, waiting for th
