In the silence, she heard footsteps behind her.
She took the key.
The water was gone. Instead, a pale light pulsed far below, revealing walls covered in carvings that hadn't been there yesterday. Symbols. Hundreds of them, spiraling down into darkness. And at the very bottom, barely visible, a door. fort marrok
"Good," it said. "Then let's go wake the dead." In the silence, she heard footsteps behind her