The well, covered with a steel grate now. But beneath the grate, in the dark, something moves. Four parallel lines, scratched into the inside of the stone.
He walks away. Then stops. “Kid. How’d you know to give the offering?”
“I know.”
Chloe smiles. It doesn’t reach her eyes. “Because I read the rest of the dossier before I burned it. The hero Ktesiphon? He wasn’t a wrestler or a general.”
Mina refuses. Zoe cries. Dr. Sanjiv volunteers—partly out of guilt, partly because Chloe whispers, “If you don’t go, the group will vote you tomorrow.” i'm a celebrity... get me out of here greece season 01 bd5
Silence. Dimitri drops. Coughs. Asks why everyone is staring.
When emergency lights flicker on, Dimitri is standing over the well, eyes white, speaking in a voice not his own. Deep. Layered. Ancient. The well, covered with a steel grate now
And a whisper, barely caught by a forgotten mic: “See you next year.”