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At least this helped Tho crouched in the northwest corner, wedged in a darkening patch of shadow, the grove of trees in the southwest The far their way through the fields, spread across the entire northeast quarter of the Glade The ani and baying
In the exacthole of the Box lay open, as if inviting hio home Near that,iron door its only entrance--there were no s A large round handle rese wheelwithin a submarine Despite what he’d just seen, Tholy--curiosity to knoas inside, or dread at finding out
Thos in the middle of the main walls of the Glade when Chuck arrived, a couple of sandwiches cradled in his ar with apples and two h Thomas surprised him--he wasn’t completely alone in this place
"Frypan wasn’t too happy abouthis kitchen before supperti to Thorabbed the sandwich, but hesitated, the writhing,back into his e bite The wonderful tastes of ham and cheese and mayonnaise filled his h a "
"Told ya" Chuck chomped into his own sandwich
After another couple of bites, Tho hiuy? He doesn’t even look hulanced over at the house "Don’t really know," he muttered absently "I didn’t see hi less than honest but decided not to press him "Well, you don’t want to see hi on the apples as he studied the huge breaks in the walls Though it was hard toodd about the stone edges of the exits to the outside corridors He felt an unco walls, as if he hovered above the at their base
"What’s out there?" he asked, finally breaking the silence "Is this part of a huge castle or so?"
Chuck hesitated Looked uncomfortable "Um, I’ve never been outside the Glade"
Tho," he finally replied, finishing off his last bite and taking a long swig of water The frustration at getting no answers frorind his nerves It only et answers, he wouldn’t know if he’d be getting the truth "Why are you guys so secretive?"
"That’s just the way it is Things are really weird around here, and "
It bothered Thomas that Chuck didn’t seem to care about what he’d just said That he see his life taken away froot to his feet and started walking toward the eastern opening "Well, no one said I couldn’t look around" He needed to learn so to lose histo catch up "Be careful, those puppies are about to close" He already sounded out of breath
"Close?" Tho about?"
"The Doors, you shank"
"Doors? I don’t see any doors" Tho stuff up--he kneas rew uneasy and realized he’d slowed his pace, not so eager to reach the walls anys?" Chuck pointed up at the enoraps in the walls They were only thirty feet away now
"I’d call the to counter his disco
"Well, they’re doors And they close up every night"
Tho He looked up, looked side to side, exa blossoht dread "What do you mean, they close?"
"Just see for yourself in awalls are going to aps are closed"
"You’re jacked in the head," Thomas muttered He couldn’t see how the mammoth walls could possibly beChuck was just playing a trick on hie split that led outside to ht as he saw it all firsthand
"This is called the East Door," Chuck said, as if proudly revealing a piece of art he’d created
Thoer it was up close At least twenty feet across, the break in the ent all the way to the top, far above The edges that bordered the vast opening were s pattern on both sides On the left side of the East Door, deep holes several inches in diainning near the ground and continuing all the way up
On the right side of the Door, foot-long rods jutted out froe, also several inches in dia them on the other side The purpose was obvious
"Are you kidding?" Thout "You weren’t playing with me? The walls really move?"
"What else would I havehis ured there was a door that swung shut or a littleone How could these wallshere for a thousand years" And the idea of those walls closing and trapping hiht terrifying
Chuck threw his arms up, clearly frustrated "I don’t know, they justhappens out in the Maze--those walls shift every night, too"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>