Swallowing hard, I strained my ears, trying to hear even the faintest sound from the other side of the reinforced oak door, but from here the only thing I could hear was my heart beating heavily off the walls of my chest. Knowing that I couldn’t just stand here, I cautiously began to step towards the door, trying my best to tip toe, so that not a single soul could hear me coming.
As I neared the door, I began to hear what I could only describe as commotion on the other side of it. Unfortunately, whatever spell Lexi had cast over this room, it was somehow not only holding me inside, but it was also muffling the sound from the other side too, as I couldn’t make out a single damn word anyone was saying beyond it.
Hesitantly, I moved to press my ear now against the coolness of the wooden d
