All for a Rose
“Solid rock rose up all around her, cold and damp. Moisture hung in the air, coating her skin in a layer of slime and infusing her body with a bone-numbing chill. She rubbed her arms, but no amount of friction could chase away the icy touch, the eerie grip of air that had never seen the sun. There was water nearby, a lake, or perhaps a stream. The bubbling sounds called out to her, beckoned her like a familiar voice. Stones scattered as Maribel stumbled, her hand scrabbling along the slick stone... as she carefully moved through the darkness. Her heart pounded out a staccato beat, the hairs on the back of her neck standing up. There was danger here.The darkness thinned, chased back by a glow from somewhere ahead of her. Maribel moved faster, careful not to trip over anything even as something inside her screamed at her to get closer to the light, to hurry. She tumbled into a new cavern.Light radiated from the bottom of a lake, the rays blunted by the watery depths. The water was a crystalline blue, shining as though sunlight streamed down on it, though there was no discernible source of light inside the cave.MoreLess
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