Dead Ends~
Calum Iverach
Dundarien, Aleron
The cave’s mouth was broad enough for two men abreast, and it was tall enough Calum didn’t need to duck his head. Inside, it opened into a rounded chamber hollowed from solid stone. Four granite pillars as tall and wide as Calum stood at opposite points around the circle.
Rachel crouched, digging through her satchel. Calum scanned the cave for another way out and heard the rasp of a sparker behind him. She lit a taper and fixed it to the ground in a few drops of wax.
“I’ve seen a chamber like this before,” he said. “Beneath Monaughty. It’s like the one from the Dowan dream.”
“Dowan? Your father?”
“Unfortunately.”
Calum ran his hand down one of the pillars. Nature didn’t carve this cave. Intelligent hands smoothed it with meticulous precisi
