After spending several hours wandering through the Black Market...
Ezra and Lucy finally made their way out.
This time, however, they didn't leave through the hidden entrance they had originally used. Another employee of the Black Market, whom they met near the main entrance before leaving, guided them toward one of the market's many concealed exits instead.
Like every other entrance and exit connected to the Black Market...
It remained carefully hidden from ordinary citizens.
A section of an old stone wall quietly slid open after the attendant activated the concealed mechanism. Once they stepped through, the passage sealed itself behind them as though it had never existed.
The two emerged into a narrow back alley.
It was almost deserted.
Only the faint sounds of the distant streets drifted into the quiet passage, where melting snow mixed with patches of sand and worn stone beneath their feet.
Cold wind swept gently through the alley.
"Ahhh..."
Lucy let out a long sigh.
