Into the Depths

The depths of hell?

I looked at the crumpled note with horror. Were my children dead? Was that what this meant?

“The depths of hell is a code; it means they have been taken to the underworld,” Lord Silas said in a soft voice as though afraid of upsetting me.

“The Underworld? Is that not worse than hell itself?” I asked. The Underworld was a place people knew existed but never spoke of. It was a