ᴀs ǫᴜᴇᴇɴ ᴍᴀʀɪᴀ, sᴛᴇᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ, ʙʟᴀᴢɪɴɢ ғɪʀᴇ. sᴇʀᴠᴀɴᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀɪᴅs ʙᴇɢɢᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴏᴘ, ʙᴜᴛ sʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ. sʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴇᴀᴄʜ sᴛᴇᴘ ʙʏ sᴛᴇᴘ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ sʜᴇ ғɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴀs ғɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴇɴɢᴜʟғᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀᴇ. sʜʀɪʟʟ sᴄʀᴇᴀᴍs ᴏғ ᴛᴇʀʀᴏʀ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀᴇ. ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴀsᴛᴏɴɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ sʜᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ. ᴡʜʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ǫᴜᴇᴇɴ ᴍᴀʀɪᴀ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀsᴇʟғ? ᴛʜᴏsᴇ sᴄʀᴇᴀᴍs ᴏғ ᴘᴀɪɴ ɢʀᴀᴅᴜᴀʟʟʏ sᴛᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ. ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴅғᴜʟʟʏ ʜᴀᴅ ɪᴅᴇᴀs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ. ᴀ ғɪɢᴜʀᴇ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏᴛ ǫᴜᴇᴇɴ ᴍᴀʀɪᴀ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪʟ ɪᴛsᴇʟғ, ᴋɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ ɪᴛs ᴘᴀᴛʜ. ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴀʏ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴅ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ. ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴄʟᴏᴜᴅs ʟᴏᴏᴍᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ʟᴜᴄɪᴏᴜs, ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪғᴜʟ sᴋʏ. ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴀs ɪɴ sʜᴏᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴇʀʀᴏʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ǫᴜᴇᴇɴ's ᴘᴀssɪɴɢ, ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏʙᴏᴅʏ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪʟ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪʟ ᴅᴇsᴛʀᴏʏᴇᴅ ᴀʟʟ sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇs ᴏғ ǫ̦̭̀̾͜ᴜ̡̛͕̭̇ᴇ̣̿͋̒̕ᴇ̣̿͋̒̕ɴ̣̤͛̒̍ ᴍ͉̅ͮ͒ͤᴀ̤̄̓̍͘ʀ̴̨̦͕̝ɪ͔͖̜̉͌ᴀ̤̄̓̍͘ . T̨͈͗̌ͥḣ̖̻͛̓ẹ̿͋̒̕ D̶͔̭̪̻ẹ̿͋̒̕v͒̄ͭ̏̇ỉ͔͖̜͌l̙͖̑̾ͣ ḣ̖̻͛̓ā̤̓̍͘ḑ̴̞͛̒ ā̤̓̍͘