“We’re here.”
I blink several times, just to make sure my eyes are not deceiving me.
We are where, exactly?
I turn to Elijah. “Is this the antechamber?” I ask in a hopeful voice.
He looks amused. “No, Maeve, this is it.”
I grab the flashlight from him to look around better. Are we seeing the same thing? Because wherever I look, all I can see are…rocks. Very ordinary, oddly shaped, different sizes, light gray to yellowish cave rocks.
“This… this is the Crystal Cave?” I ask again, just to be sure. “Are you sure? Maybe you hit your head too hard and we should have taken another tunnel…”
Elijah chuckles, placing his backpack on the ground. “Why? What’s wrong with this one?”
I give him a strained look. “It’s a… it’s a little anticlimactic. For one thing, I thought the cave would be…bigg
