Chapter 32. The Basement

DOVE

It only took me a few minutes to prepare myself; I was eager to go down to the basement. Clarisa got a bunch of keys that could serve us to enter Zack’s supposed trophy room. I firmly believed that we would find something important there.

“Thanks for helping me, Clarisa,” I said to my friend, taking her arm; we were close.

“No problem, I would be bored if I wasn’t here with you,” she replied, smiling. To some extent, investigating also appealed to her.

“Tell me how you got those keys; I’m intrigued.” I looked at her in surprise; she had some tricks that I didn’t know.

“Well, let’s say I was a little lucky. I know a lot of people; I’ve worked a long time in the castle. Lion helped me…”

“Does Lion know what we’re looking for?” I asked. I didn’t know if it was correct; he could tell Jacob, and I wasn’t ready for him to know, even though I didn’t like hiding so many things from him.

“Yes, he helped me…”

“Good heavens, I hope he doesn’