Chapter 48

Irene POV “Who’s there?” I asked as I looked around. I had started to sweat again. But this time, it was not from hea, but from fear. This felt like the kind of fear I had felt that night I tried to enter the cave. Maybe those things had returned. “I had to get out of here.” I looked at the necklace in my hand, it was still glowing. I was going with it. I crawled back out the hole, my fore arm scratched against a rock and got bruised, but I didn’t bother to look at it. I got up the moment I was out of the secret room, through the hole and I raced back out of the cave. I heard a snarl behind me and what sounded like a scream. I turned back and only saw smoke. My heart flipped. I gulped. I was about to turn to my front when I felt a tight grip on my hand. It was pulling at the necklace. I turned to see a hooded figure. “Who are you?” I asked, though my heart was racing. I held unto the necklace, like my heart depended on it. And of course it did. I pushed the person up against a wall and