And disappeared. By reflex, Case glanced over her shoulder, expecting to see the backs of the guards. But she saw only the opposite wall of black doors.
“This place is hard to get used to,” she said as the others relaxed with her.
“For me, too,” Fader said. He’d stopped zooming when the guards appeared.
The wall now showed the staircase ahead empty again. “Keep going, bro.”
They arrived at a small landing that held a round window carved through the black rock of the tower. Not wanting to step from the safety of the In Between, she had Fader shift their view to look out the opening. Below lay a sunny rolling countryside with farm fields dotted with irregular wooded patches.
“Uh, where’d the jungle go?” Rani said, taking another photo. “And why didn’t we see this tower from outside the
