Strangely, the doorway led Roman, Ashta, Riah, and Ray down a long hallway that had a single red door at the end of it. Cautiously, they all looked at each other as they approached the door, and Ashta nervously swallowed.
“Okay, this is it,” said Roman, as he reached for the door handle, and everyone nodded.
Quickly, Roman turned the handle, pushed the door open, and they stepped inside. Surprisingly, they were in a squared off stone-built room that had nothing but torches on the wall providing a dim glow and a staircase that descended down into the middle of the room.
“What is this place?” Riah whispered, as she looked around.
“I am not sure. My uncles never showed me the whole castle,” whispered Ashta, as she shrugged her shoulders, and Riah nodded.
Noticeably, the stairwell wa
