Jace dodges monster

“The room had lots of old chests and trunks,” Jace said. “Inside one of them I found the golden rope. As soon as I picked it up, I could feel that it moved however I wanted. When the monster entered the room, I used the rope to dodge around it and zoomed down the stairs. That was the first time the rope saved my life. It was also my closest call as a scout.”

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“Those walls must be thirty feet high,” Mira said. “I don’t see a way up. We’ll have to chance the maze.”

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