Chapter Fifteen Amual ReturnsEverything was still black around Long. Black broken buildings reached up to a red sky and a thick haze blurred the building in the distance. He’d found he could move but even after a short time it felt like he had been walking forever. Ash covered his feet and the crackle from fires still burned brightly around him. He arrived at the conclusion that his mind was trapped in a part of the underworld, but which part he did not know. The connection of the pebble kept his mind here in this dark place like Amual had said it would.
Long crumpled over in pain. He tried his best not to think about it, casting his thoughts back instead. He remembered falling into the gaping hole in the stone castle. He felt the heat rush up from the pit below and remembered the searing
