Book Eight: Chapter 176

“Oh well,” she muttered, letting go of the journal and watching it float away. She stuck a hand in her pocket and pulled out a measuring tape. It wasn’t like she didn’t have plenty of time to figure out exactly how much magic would be required to make this happen.

A quick measurement along with the realization that she had forgotten to account for the thickness of the exterior walls had her fuming. That, and the windows had started to frost over. Wherever this hole went, it certainly wasn’t warm. Already, the air had taken on a chill that pervaded everything.

“At least I’m not going to land in Hell,” she muttered. Now that was a miserable place! The one time she had been there, the screaming had really been unnerving.

After doing some more math and properly accounting for the third dimension, she realized that no amount of wishing things were different would allow her to take anything other than the top room of the tower. Sadly, it was blocked off by a set of doubl