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It was a subtle mark on the wallpaper, with the exact numbers of the coordinates richly hidden inside a flowery pattern. Hopkins smiled when Clark came closer. "We're on the right track," he said, looking to the wall. "What do you think?"

She stroked the numbers before knocking with her knuckles on the wall. "I have no idea, but it means something. Wait, what...?" Hopkins knitted his eyebrows when a hollow sound filled the bedroom. She smiled. "A secret passage! We just need to... there you go."

She pushed the hollow part, revealing a door and a small corridor carved in harsh grey stone. Hopkins lit his lighter and smiled to her.

"Ladies first, princess."

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