The Buried Lie

MAEVIA

The sound of footsteps kept echoing above us long after the guards stopped moving. I stayed close to the dungeon wall while trying to slow my breathing.

Clara looked exhausted beside me. Even sitting upright seemed difficult for her now.

"We can't stay here," I whispered.

"I know," she answered weakly.

The tunnel behind us remained half hidden beneath broken stone and old dirt. If guards di