Thalia's Ashen Fate
A thread of my amethyst power found a connection and latched on.
A deep vibration shook the floor beneath me. I scrambled back as lines of sickening, blackish-red light blazed to life, forming a complex, glowing sigil on the ground. With a groan of grinding stone and a plume of ancient dust, the circle descended, revealing a dark, winding staircase leading down into a new, deeper blackness.
My breath caught in my throat. "This is it."
"I'll go first," Cassius’s voice came from the edge of the new abyss. I heard the scuff of his boots shift from dusty floor to solid stone. A moment later, his voice echoed up, "It's clear. Come on."
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