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Chapter 21 - What Lies Beyond

~~~ Recap from previous chapter ~~~

"Well, is there a key inside?" Rania seconded.

The sprites looked but there were none. They flipped the covers and everything but couldn't find any.

Rania took the book and faced it backwards. She checked if the vines were covering something, but there was none as well. Then she thought of a weird idea.

"What if…." Then, reaching out her hands, she touched the black onyx gem and to her surprise, her hands went through!

Rania felt her hand entering a body of water. She continued reaching out until her elbows were inside, though she couldn't see what exactly it was she's reaching out to.

Until finally, something cold and felt like metal touched her fingers.

She quickly took it and pulled it out of the large gem.

And there it was…..a black key made of translucent glass with drops of golden dusts inside.

And at its handle was a symbol of an hourglass….

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