Chapter Eighteen
Although Ethan now had the benefit of light, he hadn’t been able to find any possible way to escape the chamber. The walls were patterned with swirling grays and blacks that were not unlike the threads. The light shone down from the entire ceiling. It glowed softly like sunlight through water. Ethan guessed that though the beams had hurt his eyes at first, the light wasn’t strong compared to daylight.
The ceiling was only just out of his reach. He couldn’t see where it had opened to allow him to fall through. When he lifted up a hand to try to touch the glowing surface, stretching as high as he could, he noticed that the ceiling was emitting warmth as well as light. Below him, water covered the floor about a centimeter deep.
His situation was unfortunate but it could ha
