Silence pervaded for a good minute or more after Aron roared within the earthen chamber. It maybe would have been the wisest of choices to back out and try to find another way to the surface; yet, for the moment, it seemed this was the path they should take. After all, the Moon Goddess had basically guided them to this passageway, so it had to be the way out.
Had to be.
Yet, this uninviting space housed something within its dark corners. So dark that not even their wolf eyes could penetrate the bleak, inky blackness. Was Màthair Gealach leading them out, leading them home? Or, since the alarms were set off by Gamma Rhys’ unworthy hands touching the nal jealot, was this all a set up by Cian to be the last fail-safe, to make sure the weapon didn’t leave the temple.
Was t
