41 - Secret Passage

**Lyra POV**

The small cramped cemented space was pitch black once the hidden panel was sealed once again. The only illumination was from the small torch in my hand, pointed straight at the support pillar of spiral staircase that had no support banister and many large cobwebs littered the empty spaces.

I could still hear whistles and shouts of my name but they were distant, muffled by the thick c