The descent was steep but short, and the tunnel opened up on a wide cavern. Penny couldn’t swear it was the same cavern she’d dreamed about for the past several weeks, but her slow walk through the empty darkness had a quality of deja vu. She moved her wand from side to side as she progressed, but its light revealed nothing but rough and unadorned stone. After a few minutes, she came to a sharp turn, and as she rounded it, the cavern opened up into a small chamber.
She knew in one glance that she’d found the place she was looking for.
Ronan’s home.
There was a large dog bed snugged up against the wall to her right. It was dusty and dull with age, and stuffing leaked from a split seam. To her left she spotted a spill of junk ... or what appeared to be junk at first glance. There was a ta
