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Chapter 102: The Secret of the Library
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2020-11-29 13:03:29As Flora descended the few steps to the passageway, she felt the cold penetrating her skin and she wrapped her arms around her body to warm herself. The walls were covered with intricate carvings that Flora could not quite make out. There were abstract images that to Flora looked like nocturnal predators about to pounce on an unknowing prey. As Flora walked, she felt as if she was being watched that more than once, she glanced sideways because she thought she saw something had moved.
The passage went down several meters before coming to a dead end. Flora took a deep breath when she saw the far wall with its large circular symbol with intertwining branches that looked like multiple headed serpents and pointed wings that protrude from the sides. Flora thought she saw the scaled bodies of the snakes move as she walked nearer, but decided that it was only an optical illusion created by her own movement as she saw more of the carved design.
At the end of the narrow passage,
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