The Fallen Star by Jessica Sorensen

Author:Jessica Sorensen [Sorensen, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic
ISBN: 9781461052142
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2011-04-11T00:00:00+00:00

I should’ve guessed we’d end up having to walk down a dark alley to get to the entrance of the Black Dungeon. Why wouldn’t we, since the idea of having to made me shiver. The only light came from the moon illuminating the puddles that spotted the asphalt. I didn’t even want to know what the puddles were, seeing is how it hadn’t been raining. The air reeked of mold and wet dog. The garbage cans spilled over, oozing the ground with papers and boxes and filth that crunched beneath my shoes as I walked.

It was gross.

Laylen lead us through the mess and stopped in front of a rusty metal door. Alex stood closely by my side, arms folded, very I’m-your-bodyguard style. The electricity was gyrating, but at least we were in open air now, making it less smothering and almost tolerable.

Almost.

Laylen held up his fist to the door. “Are we ready?”

“Probably not,” Alex grumbled, waving his hand at the door. “But go ahead.”

Laylen let his hand fall against the door and waited a minute before knocking again. A couple of seconds later, a small flap at the top of the door slid open, and a pair of dark eyes peered out.

“What’s the password,” a deep voice rumbled.

Laylen raised his forearm up to the flap, showing it to the pair of eyes.

“Very well,” the voice grunted. A soft click and then the door swung open.

I’m not sure what I’d expected to see standing behind that door, but I know what I hadn’t expected to see. A man, barely my height with bony arms and greased back hair, standing in a small, dimly lit room that had nothing but a metal fold-up chair to accompany it.

Laylen greeted the little man with a nod. “Doug.”

The man—aka Doug—muttered an unfriendly, “Hey.”

I stared quizzically at Doug, trying to figure out how he’d obtained a job as a bouncer or guard or whatever the title was for this place—I wasn’t really sure, since I was still confused about what kind of place the Black Dungeon was. Dangerous obviously—Alex had established that back at the car. But what I was about to walk into, I didn’t have a clue. And that, I admit, terrified me to my very core.

Doug glowered at me with his dark eyes. Apparently, he was a firm believer in the whole staring-is-rude thing.

Alex gently nudged me in the back with his elbow, urging me to get a move on. I turned my attention away from Doug and focused on Laylen.

There was only one door in the room, and Laylen strolled up to it and jerked it open. A slender hallway extended out the other side. Black lanterns hung from the dusky walls, illuminating a trail of light across the stone floor and arched brick ceiling. Laylen and Ailsin started down the hallway, and I stepped through the doorway after them, Alex following closely behind me.

The air stuck damply to my skin as we zigzagged farther and farther down the hall. With every noise, my sense of fear heightened.

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