The Black Keep, Chapter 2
Continuing adventures of Jonah and the expedition team.
The second chapter of The Black Keep, in which Jonah and his friends enter the keep and begin exploring.
Chapter 2: The Keep
The courtyard inside the gate was a little less intimidatingly perfect than the curtain wall and gate. It was still in far better condition than it should be, considering how long it must have been there, but strangler figs and thorny, flowering vines had begun to invade the space. Perfectly square blocks of dark granite paved the entire space, but the invading roots of jungle plants had tipped and tilted many of them. Jonah followed Marnie and Erina as they walked further into the tangle, keeping a careful eye on which plants they avoided. He might not be a botany major, but everyone knew that plants growing along a ley line were trouble.
Erina glanced up at him and said, "What's the plan, Jonah? Hainier hasn't given us anything more, has he?"
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