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"After Justin banished the deuardian from the arch, it apparently disconnected the arch from its destination," Cinder said "There are no obvious controls in the room"

The arch in the cellar looked like a e enough to admit a jumbo jet, it was maybe ten feet tall and twice as wide Every arch I’d seen had a circle of silver eically closed circuit which prevented accidental Gloo "I once activated an arch by closing the circle around it," I said "Maybe this one works the sa to hide the controls," Shelton said "He seemed to know a hell of a lot about this mansion"

"Well, there’s only one way to find out," I said, and stood up

"Now?" Shelton said, aghast

I shrugged "Why wait?"

"You need to take up scrapbooking," Shelton said "Because I don’t like it when you get bored"

I led the group into the cellar, down another set of stairs, through a tunnel, and into the room where the arch sat It stood on a polished circle of obsidian bordered by a silver ring There were no s on it or the floor around it

Shelton ran his hand up the twisting ebonyht back to the time we’d inspected arches in the control room at Queens Gate, and the answer occurred aleometry is as complicated as the o what you’re talking about?" Adaular base "A normal arch has a three-sided column which twists as it runs the span"

Adao crazy trying to follow it, but it looks like it changes from three-sided to a lotthe two arches froram "This arch looks like an oht, or dump you in an alternate dimension?"

"I concur with Harry’s identification," Cinder said, looking at the pictures

The only time I’d taken an oh hell, and finally deposited me in El Dorado Omniarches, from e’d determined, had no set destination, but could open anywhere

"According to your theory, these arches could send you to locations even without an arch at the other end," Cinder said "But how do you control where you want to go?"

"I just told it I wanted to go home," I said "And it took me to Elyssa"

She smiled

"But then it sucked est we grab an ASE and send it through to video the area," Adareat idea," I said ASEs, or all-seeing-eyes, were orbs which could record everything around them

Adam ran upstairs to retrieve soht up a place to send it first

"I say we send it through to Thunder Rock," Shelton said "That e can see what Daelissa has been up to"

"If she’s there and sees us, we’re done for," Meghan said

"How about El Dorado?" Bella said

Elyssa shook her head "We should try soue over destinations and finally threw in my oo cents "Let’s just send it to the room over yonder" I indicated the chamber beyond the arch "Then we can worry about coood idea," Shelton said, pulling off his wide-brih his hair

"Baby steps," I said "Baby steps"

Adam returned with a handful of the er and thumb, and released it The sphere dropped an inch before spinning and hovering in et the arch connected, and I’ll set the ASE to record onna send it one rooalactic joy ride," I said as I stepped inside the silver circle around the arch

"Wait!" Elyssa said, appearing with a coil of nor a loop aroundembedded in the stone wall

"What’s this for?" I asked