Free

"Ryan," Lunus breathed, and she looked at once with teary eyes to Evan.

So, it wasn’t over.

Jeremy’s body laid on the cold stone in front of him, his blood poured out upon the floor of the cave, and the red light illuminated the deathly scene as it danced within the darkness of the ground which swallowed them. The light brought with it an eerie reminder of all who had died there.

There was the faint sound of drops falling from the altar, and Lunus looked up to see that some of Jeremy’s blood had splattered on the slab where Evan sat and mingled with his own. The mingled blood dripped down and fell to the ground. Then, all of the lights went out and the cave was filled at once with an almost tangible darkness.

“Who goes there?” asked a voice from all around them. The tone of it was hollow and threatening.

“Rya