At first we were a bit reluctant to open the case—still nervous that the alarm might be too strong for SJ’s potion to completely silence. It was only after Blue tried to yell as loudly as possible that we realized we really couldn’t make any noise at all, and thus felt secure enough to proceed.
Blue and I pulled open the glass doors of the Treasure Archives. The tiny green security lights inside turned red, and the whole of the cases began to flash in the same shade of crimson. Thankfully, all remained quiet.
I exhaled with relief. SJ really could brew a mean potion. Maybe for once one of our plans would actually go smoothly.
Ha. As if.
When I reached out to grab the objects we were after, a dark gray force field went up around the trinkets and a puff of surprisingly solid, purple smok
