Chapter 172: I hope no one was hungry
Surprisingly, when Lady Fiona opened the doors, nothing happened. They were quiet, silent, even though from every other detail of this area they should have squeaked like a damn barn door on a rickety old barn.
Cass gulped, finding himself worried and watching, waiting. He could tell that everyone was worried about him, glancing back at him, but at this point he wanted this tension over with.
Lady Fiona glanced back one last time before she nodded and started the descent down into the depths. Lucian followed behind her, then Lord Ridgewood, and then everyone else. Vespertine didn’t let Cass go down last, and instead made Cass go ahead of him. Cass wanted to protest, but Vespertine wouldn’t budge, and honestly, Cass didn’t want to go down last.
As soon as Vespertine stepped in behind him, the door closed.
"It wasn’t me." Vespertine called out grimly. Cass shivered.
"Some light, you two?" Lady Fiona called and Cass fumbled. He didn’t say the spell, just moved his hand and a ball of light appeared at the same time that Vespertine’s did. Vespertine let out a dry laugh before he flung his further, towards Lady Fiona and Lucian.
"You keep that, it’ll follow. We’ll keep this one back here." Vespertine called. The ball of light illuminated the area, showing off the dripping, moss-covered brick walls. The stairs were made of the same marble as the rest of the crypt above, but that didn’t make Cass feel better.
Everything was so wet. Dripping, soggy, awful. Cass could hear the sound of running water, and he hated that. It meant that everything was going to be damp, and he was not looking forward to that. Cass made a disgusted noise in the back of his throat and Vespertine chuckled.
"What? Not up to snuff, Cassian?" He teased and Cass shot him a dirty look.
"Oh, do you like it? We should have made a dungeon just for you, Vespertine. You could have turned it into your bedroom. You should have spoken up. I would have done it for you." Cass shot back and Lady Ava snorted. Vespertine laughed.
"Mm, well, I appreciate it, but I do like knowing what time of the day it is." Vespertine said, smiling. Cass snorted, turning back to pay attention to where he was stepping now that they were going deeper underground.