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Kyle’s frown creased his brow while his eyes scanned left and right. “Um ...”
Standing outside the castle-like building, beside the other four in our party, including a semi-alert Lauren, I mirrored his search of the landscape.
To the left: green.
To the right: green.
Straight ahead: more b****y green.
Supposing, of course, we looked beyond what appeared to be the remnant, empty ditch of a moat—around seventy feet away—which seemed to circle the entire building. If I screwed my eyes up just right, browns and oranges offered the occasional punctuation. Whichever direction we chose to travel, I figured we had some walking ahead of us.
“I want you to switch places with me and take the lead.” I took in Kyle’s face—shadowed by the stone walls of the castle and full of concern. “Just g
