It had not been used in over a hundred years. The walls crumbled from age and were covered with ivy and moss. The doors hung loosely on broken hinges, and all the windows were long since gone.The moon cast eerie shadows in front of Rina as she walked along the wall surrounding the ancient building. The front gate creaked in the still night and the wind whistled through the iron grille, but she did not slip inside to the inner courtyard. Instead, she continued on around the high wall until she stood in the back, where trees and shrubs grew wild everywhere, making the path difficult to follow. Making certain no one followed, she ducked behind a large bush and into a hidden door.Rina carefully made her way down the steep stairs and darkened corridor, recalling her explorations as a child among the supposedly haunted grounds. When she had discovered the secret entrance and passage she now walked down, it delighted her, though she was slightly frightened by the black caverns she wound up in.
