Seven Stones: Part Eighty-Seven
Previously on Seven Stones: Serth insults Anessa’s lack of control, causing her to flee the room. After Anessa has left, Serth reveals she did it to distract Anessa from Kobb’s admission he’d killed hundreds. Serth shares some of her history prior to becoming an Inductor. Anessa discovers the corridors outside their rooms are sealed.
Anessa watched Serth as she delivered the news. Why hadn’t she leapt up and started giving orders? She looked almost sad, as if that story’d been… No. It was just another trick. She knew her voice carried down the corridor, and now she was trying to manipulate people again.
“Sealed?” Kobb glanced past Anessa. “I don’t remember seeing grates.”
“Big stone slabs.” Anessa mimed a large shape with her arms. “Tight enough I couldn’t get a knife point in.”
Haelen moved into the chamber. “Might just be their version of doors.”
“Doors without handles?” Anessa frowned. He’d seemed as worried as she was when they found them. “That’s not normal.”
“I’ve been thinking. The Speaker said it gets hot during the day. Could be, they keep the heat out.” Haelen strolled toward the nearest doorway. “Unless the two of you did while we were gone, we haven’t even looked in the other rooms. Maybe there’s a way of…
