Refuge
““You look beat, Sara. You should try to get some sleep.”
“I am tired,” I lied. “I think I’ll lie down for a bit. You guys don’t have to stay with me, though.”
“Pete and I will go across the hall and watch TV for a while. I bet you guys have all the movie channels here.
You come over when you finish your nap.”
“Okay,” I agreed, although sleep was the last thing on my mind.
I waited for several minutes after I heard Roland’s door close before I left my room and shut my door quietly behind me. Mos...t people were at dinner so the hallways were almost empty as I made my way down to the lower level that housed the holding cells and interrogation rooms. Down here the walls were made of smooth stone and there were no windows that I could see. I shivered in my sweater, and I didn’t know if it was because of the cooler air or what I was about to do.
At the bottom of the stairs a short hallway stretched before me, with a thick metal door at the other end. As I drew close to the door, I could see the intricate runes etched into the metal, preventing anyone but a Mohiri from opening the door, and I could feel the buzz of strong magic running through it when I put my hand over the metal surface.MoreLess
“I am tired,” I lied. “I think I’ll lie down for a bit. You guys don’t have to stay with me, though.”
“Pete and I will go across the hall and watch TV for a while. I bet you guys have all the movie channels here.
You come over when you finish your nap.”
“Okay,” I agreed, although sleep was the last thing on my mind.
I waited for several minutes after I heard Roland’s door close before I left my room and shut my door quietly behind me. Mos...t people were at dinner so the hallways were almost empty as I made my way down to the lower level that housed the holding cells and interrogation rooms. Down here the walls were made of smooth stone and there were no windows that I could see. I shivered in my sweater, and I didn’t know if it was because of the cooler air or what I was about to do.
At the bottom of the stairs a short hallway stretched before me, with a thick metal door at the other end. As I drew close to the door, I could see the intricate runes etched into the metal, preventing anyone but a Mohiri from opening the door, and I could feel the buzz of strong magic running through it when I put my hand over the metal surface.MoreLess
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