Frederick guided me out of the dungeons, but instead of going upwards and out of the Pack House, we went lower, down a cellar I hadn’t even realised was there. There was a square-shaped wooden door that had iron locks around it, but with a snap of his fingers, Frederick opened it and we descended.This place was a lot more secure than the dungeons and it frightened what he might have hidden down there, especially if magic was the only way to open it. “Where are we going?” I asked tentatively, reluctant to take another step down.Fredrick chuckled darkly as he turned around with a ruthless smile, “You’ll see.”I didn’t have much of a choice so I continued to follow him, knowing that if I tried to escape, Marcus would be just up the stairs waiting for me. I could try it, maybe I could get past him, but I doubted that it would be that easy.It felt like we were taking forever to walk down the steep narrow steps downwards, like we were headed straight for Hell. I didn’t ask Fredrick any
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