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Capítulo VIII- ComoVidrio
Dude sniffed the castle floor doing his best to pick up Ben's scent. The VK's and Jude trailed behind him as he sniffed the ground going left and right. Pandora tensed as they passed through the vacant halls. If Ben's castle didn't have warmer colours, blue and white curtains, and made from wood, it would be like the frigid stone halls of her lonely manor.
"This way," Dude said, turning a corner.
"Ben could be asleep," Mal concluded after a long search.
Celia shrugged, "Or turned into stone." Evie covered Celia's mouth and mumbled an 'okay'.
Pandora put a hand on Evie's shoulder, "It's fine, Celia is being rational. Audrey could have done almost anything with the sceptre and with my father by her side, worse. It's a poor combination," she deadpanned, to prevent a single strain of emotion dripping from her mouth. She has already been too vulnerable near the pirates, she didn't want them to get a second glimpse.
Dude paused at the end of the hall, sitting calmly, "I got a scent. Vey pungent cologne. Easy to track, follow me, people."
"That's great, Dude," Carlos complimented as they all followed Dude.
"FYI, I give great cuddles too."
Gil smiled, "Really? I never really had a pet growing up. Except for the elk head in my dad's man cave but that wasn't-"
"Hold up," Uma traced her fingers across the wooden wall, "What's this?" Pandora peered over the shorter girl and her eyebrows furrowed. The fragile dark wooden wall had five parallel rough scratch marks.
Carlos pointed at it, "Uh, any chance that's already been there?" he asked, Pandora warily.
"I wish," Pandora pursed her lips and glanced around, seeking for any more scratches on the walls.
"And follow me," Dude continued down the hall. Dude led them a couple more doors down the hallways. He stopped in front of two heavy wooden doors, "In here." They pushed open the doors to reveal knights on both sides of the hall. They were statues on stands that seemed they were guarding the hall.
"Ben!"
"If Audrey and Pitch were here, I don't think yelling out his name will work. They could run off with him," Pandora acknowledged, "At least that's what I'd do if I tried kidnapping him."
The group dispersed searching the room. Evie and Jude stayed behind with Celia, "Stay here," she told her.
Jude stood behind Celia, he had grown attached to the girl since their birthday cake feast. Jude didn't want anything to happen to Celia on their watch, "I'll stay with her." Evie nodded and joined the group.
