Celeste stood in the dark hallway under the villa. Her heart beat fast. In front of her was a door with no handle. Only a keypad and a strange symbol carved into the wall — a snake wrapped around a sword.
She had seen that symbol before. It was on the file called Project Callisto.
She typed her mother’s birthday.
Nothing.
She tried her own.
Still nothing.
She stepped back, feeling nervous. Then her fingers touched the bracelet on her wrist. It had once belonged to her mother.
She stared at it. Maybe…
She held the bracelet near the keypad.
A beep.
Then a soft click.
The wall started to slip open.
Behind it turned into a staircase going down into darkness.
Celeste hesitated. Her feet felt heavy. However she couldn’t stop right now. She had to understand what was down there.
She
