He didn’t know? “Seriously? You’ve got all this free time down here, and you never thought to check it out?” Anise still kind of wondered just where the ferryman came from, and what his relationships to Landel and the institute were. Maybe he couldn’t leave the area around the lake.

Since they were parting ways now, it looked like she’d never figure it out. There were more pressing mysteries to solve… like finding out what was down that tunnel. Anise was quick to hop off the boat, glad to be on solid ground again. She didn’t mind boats, but that was because they normally floated over water and not faces. Those people in the lake were another mystery Anise probably wasn’t going to see solved.

She took a few steps away from the dock, pointing her flashlight at the opening to the tunnel. Could that really be the way out…?

Even if it was, it wasn’t like they were home free. Luke was still back there… and Ilia and lots of other people they couldn’t just abandon. Anise needed to find her parents and Ion, too. But maybe she was getting ahead of herself. They still didn’t know if this was a trap or not. If this path led to another set of trials, Anise was going to lose it.