Sylvia's POV:
Judging from what Ashley had just said and the runes in the stone chamber, I was almost certain that this was the domain of a powerful witch.
As for the key...
"My intuition tells me that this pendant is the key to this stone chamber, or the pendant wouldn't have reacted so abnormally, right? And after it glowed hot and red, the black mist appeared and brought us here," Flora concluded seriously, holding up the pendant.
"Where did you get that pendant?" Ashley suddenly asked.
"We found it in Geoffrey's secret room. Rufus said that Noreen's scent is on it," I answered honestly.
Flora immediately shivered. "Noreen? Isn't she the most difficult black witch to deal with?"
"Yes. And if I'm not mistaken, we might have accidentally entered Noreen's domain..." I said slowly.
Flora froze in horror. "This is too much. I had no idea that one day I'd be so close to a legend."
I couldn't help but burst into laughter. Flora wasn't wrong. Noreen's notorious name and horrible deeds had spread far and wide among the werewolves.
"Well, I hope we won't face Noreen herself. We won't stand a chance against her," I said grimly. "If the pendant got us into this place, maybe it can get us out," Layla, who had been quiet this whole time, suddenly suggested.
"But there's nothing here. I just fumbled around the walls, but I didn't find a place to put the key." I frowned. This was tricky. I had explored every part of the small stone chamber, but I found no clues.
"Try again." As Flora spoke, she hurried to feel the walls for a key hole.
We ran the length of the walls a few more times but still found nothing.
"Perhaps we need to chant something in order to activate the key..." Disappointed, Flora couldn't help but whine. "These witches just had to use spells for everything! How troublesome!"
I leaned against the stone wall in a daze, clutching the pendant in my hand tightly.
Did we draw the wrong conclusion?
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