They started with a secret doorway behind a statue of Baron Moloch Shadow, standing at the head of the Corridor of Woe. Thorn peered down the unlit passageway. “Why do I think this is a bad idea?” K’leef looked down the same passageway and nodded. “A very bad idea.” Lily glanced back at them. “Don’t tell me you’re scared?” K’leef straightened his robes. “Of course not. I was just…worried for Thorn.” “I’m a lot less scared than you, K’leef,” snapped Thorn. “Back in Stour, Dad and me went hunting—” “All right. You’re both very brave.” Lily huffed and tugged K’leef’s sleeve. “Come on. I need to find this poisoner.” “Are you sure it’s not Gabriel?” said Thorn. “He’s a louse.” “Tyburn’s convinced it’s this sixth brigand. Whoever he is.” So down they went. “What are we doing here, exactly, apart from getting covered in cobwebs?” asked K’leef, brushing his cloak. “We’re breaking the rules.” They stopped in a small chamber while Lily figured out which way to go.
