FORTY

"Hello?" I make out a cough as my eyes wander around in complete darkness. "Eddie? Solomon? Anyone?"

My voice echoes as I reach to feel anything that tells me where the hidden door is, but all I can think of is a stone-cold wall.

"Solomon?" I called out again, and after I did, my footstep on a stone that suddenly lit torches all around me and a hallway.

I call out Solomon's name because calling Eddie is a no-no.

I took a step forward again until my foot hit something.

I look down and see a skeleton on the ground. I scream at the top of my lungs, backing away as I trip and fall on my ass to something complex. I turn my head and see more skeletons on the ground piled. I panic and move away quickly, taking a breather and calming my beating heart.

"This place is more of a graveyard than a burial for a princess." I pat my chest where my heart lies as I calm.

Remembering my hands are tied, I look around for anything sharp. Found a dagger with a chipped tip. I started to see the binding as m