Chapter 36
The passage widened until they reached a cavern roughly the size of a small sports arena. It was almost perfectly round, the ceiling was so high that it was scarcely visible, and the sombre black walls looked to have been sprinkled with glitter. In the centre of this dazzling space, three steps led up to a kind of altar. Floating above the stone slab was a large globe that contained a glowing substance that filled the room with light.
A thick fog swirled around the base of the altar, stopping just short of the captain’s feet.
Ben was suspicious.
“This isn’t right. What are they trying to hide? Traps? More scorpions?”
Maya pointed to the wall. “There’s something written here. ‘Open your heart and soul to the unknown’.”
Before Ben could ask what it meant or why they were eve
