Chapter Nine
Underground
“Are you sure about this?” Barlo asked for what Iarion estimated was the tenth time.
“Yes,” Iarion said, suppressing a sigh. “I’m sure. Feoras was underground in my vision, and Salim’s people have seen no sign of him. I’m also being drawn toward the caverns—probably by the Quenya.”
“Either that, or the mysterious passenger you mentioned earlier,” Barlo muttered. “I don’t like it.”
“Surely you’re not telling me a dwarf is afraid to go underground!” Iarion wore a feigned look of shock.
Paige shuddered. “Dwarf or no, I don’t like it either. There’s definitely something creepy about this place.”
She gestured toward the closest of several yawning entrances that led downward into the rocky ground. Even with the sun high overhead, a veil of shadow seemed to hang ov
