Coraline The Secret Door 소설 & 이야기

Afnan stood in the moon hall, candlelight dancing across the silver threads woven into her dark robe. She had been studying the crystal basin at the room’s center when Corin burst through the doors. Her head snapped up. “Corin?” He was breathless, rainwater clinging to his shoulders where the storm had caught him through the corridor windows. “I found something,” he said, voice strained. Her expression sharpened immediately. “What happened?” He crossed the room in hurried steps, placing the journal in her hands. “This was hidden among the Council’s records. There’s another chamber beneath the eastern mountains, a second Gate.”

Zinnia threw her shoulder against it, to no effect. “She locked the main entrance!” Both women pushed, hammered, clawed at the door, but it didn’t even rattle. “She must’ve triggered something that sealed both doors,” Caitlin muttered. “What do we do now?” Zinnia asked, her voice trembling slightly. “Find the mechanism,” Caitlin ordered. “There must be a control somewhere near the hidden door.” They ran their hands along the smooth wall, searching for hidden seams. Outside, Nicoletta was already making her way through a dark, narrow corridor lined with old pipes and power conduits. She stopped to catch her breath, smirking as she stared back at the sealed door behind her.

It stands alone, in the middle of the woods, surrounded by trees like a sacred temple. “There it is!" Coral whisper–yells, almost jumping with joy. I smile as well, but I still can't shake off the wary feeling. We walk up to the library and stop when we get to its huge black doors. I reach out to open it. " Wait!” Coral says, stopping me before I can even get hold of the door handle. " Something's wrong.” She presses her hand to her temple and shuts her eyes. " Are you okay?” " Yes but…" she trails off her expression wary. “I don't feel good. I feel odd, like there's something that doesn't want us to go in.”

A massive steel door stood before her, the red sensor glowing like an angry eye. She swiped the card. Beep. Green. The door groaned open with a heavy metallic sigh, revealing a lightless void—the Herald’s cemetery of secrets. Lina pulled the brass key from her boot, her fingers tight on the cold metal. She was in the dark now, and the truth was somewhere in the dust.

Only the hum of machinery remained. Isolde reached the bottom. A door waited. No velvet this time just cold metal. A keypad blinked beside it, already active. She didn’t need to guess the code. She still held the poker chip in her pocket, the one engraved with Stage 7. She pressed it to the sensor. Click. The door opened with a slow hydraulic hiss.

(huffs in annoyance but smiles the nonetheless) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * “Which place was it in the video ?” I asked Kris as I tried to figure out the familiar surroundings. “You won’t believe it but there is a secret corridor that connects your room to Rylot, San. It is simply unbelievable and I would not be surprised if those two traitors shall be waiting to murder you when you get back to your room,” Kris replied. “Secret corridor from my room ? But my room is on the first floor !” I stated confused. “Yeah so ?” Kris retorted with a huff of amusement. “Girls and their fucking

I gasped as I scanned the tree lines for anything. A howl ripped through the night as I ran inside and grabbed Adaline. I laid her in the safe room in the office room that my parents installed when I was a young pup and not able to fight. I laid her down and locked her in. Only her and I knew the code. I ran back outside only in time to see our border patrol and royal guard in wolf form running to where we were. "Rogues." Jackson spit out, "Go ahead with Adaline. I can't lose you again."

It wasn't long before she found some of the omega's milling about in the hallway, and as soon as they saw her, they stood and bowed their heads respectfully. "I'm looking for Coral. Have any of you seen her?" The girls exchanged a look and pointed down the hallway. "Last bedroom on the right your highness." They answered in unison, keeping their eyes firmly fixed on the floor. Ann frowned and nodded her thanks as she made her way down to the bottom of the corridor and knocked gently on the door. "Coral? Are you there?" There was a muffled sound from behind the door before a tremulous voice called out: "Just a minute… I'm coming!"

She squealed in excitement and she started getting ready. ****** Cornelius walked along the hallways of his mansion and he stopped when he reached a door. He looked around and he sighed satisfactorily when he saw that there was no one around and there was also no peculiar scent. This room was off limits to everyone as what was behind it was not for anyone else to see. Not even Letticia had been able to break the door open to find out what was behind it. He shifted his left hand into his claws and he cut his right wrist with the claw. Blood immediately trickled from the wound and he made the droplet drop onto the doorknob.

Click! In the middle of the night, a small sound of a door being unlocked echoed throughout the office. At the end of this sound, everything was in absolute silence. A tall figure in black entered the room and looked around. The person was on a mission to find the missing material. It was important that everything in this room was thoroughly searched—every drawer, every shelf, even the small spaces between furniture. The sources informed what was needed was hidden in an object. Luckily, the night was long enough for a detailed search of every item.