[Lucien]
The moment the cave entrance came into view, I knew we were too late. I wasn’t even sure how I knew; I just did. The three of us moved as stealthily as we could, leading our teams. As we paused, I glanced at Dante, who was on my right, and then Tyson, who was on my left. They felt it too, but we didn’t have a choice. There was no way we weren’t going to go into that cave. I nodded once and we moved forward once again.
“The mask has been broken,” Dante whispered as we got closer. No one said anything as we inched our way forward. Entering the cave, the first thing I noticed was that there were lanterns hanging from the walls of the cave and they were unlit. That didn’t look promising. However, we kept moving forward and it was slow going. I listened for any signs of life, but it
