"Keep your fingers to yourself, if not they might fall off," Eve said indifferently as she sat down on a dark luxurious throne-like chair.
Nox shuddered and quickly pulled back his hands from the skeleton soldier that stood like a statue close to the grey walls. Although it was motionless, the green light that was ignited in its empty sockets constantly scanned around as if searching for any signs of danger.
This was not the first strange skeleton-like creature Nox had come across inside this large mansion.
Eve lived in a mansion very deep in the Cromwell Barony with no other buildings in sight.
In the past, Nox and his friends had once used this mansion for courage tests by standing in front of the door for 60 seconds. They never got in, though, as the wooden door was always shut closed.
'Even when we tried to open it, it had been futile, and I'm so glad the doors never opened if not the other kids would have fainted in terror.'
