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Lost for words Juliet stood up, her father wished her well and disappeared. The girl had no other choice than to follow her father's directions.

Juliet had been running through the mountains for several hours, trying to grasp what exactly had happened in that tiny cabin. Finally, she reached a big opening in the hill, that led her into a dark cave, where death itself hugged Juliet's shoulders. She remembered this strange place from the fairytales that her mother used to tell. Juliet heard running water ahead and started following the sound when suddenly, all the thoughts in her head went quiet. That didn't last long because the screams of abandoned souls broke the silence in her mind. Juliet had reached the place of her childhood nightmares - the river of Styx. She knew that there's no other way to get across, so Juliet stepped into the boat and started her journey. The forsaken followed her boat all the way to the other side,