Chapter 132

Ayla studied the wall for a few seconds. There was nothing that indicated there was anything behind it. Ayla was about to turn on her heels when something caught her eye. On the bottom left corner, a little piece was missing. She crouched to take a better look at it. Kerra grabbed Ayla’s messenger bag and pulled hard.

“Kerra, stop!” Ayla said, but the snowcat ignored her. “Don’t tell me you are hungry. Haven’t you been hunting?”

Kerra, somehow, opened the messenger bag and got inside.

“Kerra, get out of there!”

When Kerra refused to do as Ayla demanded, she grabbed the snowcat, pulled her out of the bag, and put her on the floor. Kerra dropped something at Ayla’s feet.

“What’s that?” Ayla asked, picking up the item.

It was the quartz Ayla had found in the magic pool. Ayla narrowed her eyes. The shape, the color…

Ayla glanced at Kerra and then at the wall. “Do you think it’s the missing piece?”

To Ayla’s surprise, it did fit.

The wall vibrated and disappeared beneath the flo