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The iron door clanged shut behind theed into total darkness Jenna tried to keep calm and told herself what Silas had always said to her when she was afraid of the darkre can see you
As Jenna was reciting this to herself under her breath, Si from his pocket and cupped it in his hands Then he breathed on it,a feords that Jenna could not ht
"Horound A glowing ball of green light bounced away in front of theh for them to find their way
"Followin the dark "Don&039;t bother to waste your ti for a way out There isn&039;t one And in case you&039;re wondering where we are, we&039;re in an old Burrow" Simon chuckled to himself "But don&039;t worry, little sister dear, the Land Wurasped Jenna
"Yes If you don&039;t believe me just reach out and touch the sides of the Burrow Silky smooth from all that lovely Wurm acid, and still beautifully slimy too Nice, huh?"
Jenna could not help herselfshe had to know if Si the rock It was disgustingicy slutinous slie to be sick and wiped her slier on Lucy&039;s cloak It was alet the slime off, it see her finger away fro hooves as Sih the dark tube of the Land Warht Jenna as she followed the serpentine bends, horribly like walking through the inside of the Wur one, but eventually they reached the end of the slie round cavern
"This is the Wurm Chamber, where the Wurm slept in the day and hibernated in the winter," said Sireen light of the ball He continued, enjoying Jenna&039;s expression too much to stop "If you look at the walls you can see the different-sized coils of the Wurm etched into thely stroked the side of the cavern, and Jenna noticed that he didn&039;t seem to mind the Wurm slime at all "You see, the Wuro out of the Burrow facing the right way Just so that she doesn&039;tpast She sleeps here until nightfall and then goes out hunting Just think of all those lovely Wur through the quarries this afternoon"
Jenna shuddered, despite trying not to
"And over here we have Thunder&039;s stable, don&039;t we, boy?" Simon patted his horse affectionately and led him across the Wurer attached to the wall and a drinking trough hewn fro just above it
Sie in the wall so that the light shone down on the horse and turned hireenish-black "Make yourself at hoht" He threw Jenna a ss
"Isis this where you live?" asked Jenna She put the rug down on the cavern floor as far away fro her best to avoid touching any Wurm slime
"You think I live here, in this du like a trah the Wurm Chamber
"N-no," stalared at her coldly and then, to Jenna&039;s relief, went back to tending his horse, which seemed to calm him down Jenna watched hi them up, and then he rubbed the horse down and covered him with a blanket Once Thunder was settled, Simon turned his attention back to Jenna and strode over to her
"This, let inning of my domain You have no idea just how much I control No idea at all" Jenna stared at Silint in his eye that he had had when she had turned to look at hihly "It&039;s time you saw just hoerful your dear brother really is"
Jenna hung back "No No, thank you, Simon I&039;m really tired"
"You don&039;t think I would let rabbed her ar
"Coe and bounced around Sier puppy Sie that led out of the Wur in front of hihly down the tunnel
Jenna sturound, until they reached the foot of some steep steps cut into the slate
"Up!" Simon snapped Sleuth bounced onto the first step and started its cliave Jenna a shove "You too Go on"
Jenna started up the steps A thick rope was fixed to the wall and she clung to it as she wearily cli ball Si faster as they cliher Soon the air became fresher and Jenna&039;s spirits lifted a little as she realized that they were going up toward the outside world again At last Sleuth reached the top step Sirabbed Jenna&039;s shoulder
"Wait here," he told her He kicked the ball away and strode through a tall archway, disappearing into the darkness Jenna stood at the top of the steps, tre with cold and tiredness, and drew the cloak around her She stared into the glooh she could feel a few stray raindrops hitting her face Jenna stuck out her tongue to catch them and taste the fresh air
Silass tube stuffed full of writhing Glo Grubs that he had hastily scooped out of the grub barrel and poured into the tube Fresh out of the barrel, the Glo Grubs glowed brightly
Si back "You can stay out there all night if you want," he told her, "but I wouldn&039;t advise it There&039;s a Magog Chamber at the bottom of the steps Didn&039;t you notice?"
Jenna res from the time she had met them on board Doain, Simon was the better of two evils