CHAPTER TEN
A dozen elven archers hurried up and surrounded Will and me, their bows loaded and their arrows pointed at us. General Terve stalked up to us with a look of fury on his face. “Explain yourself or I will not hesitate to throw you back into the dungeons.”
Will extinguished his flames that had blocked the door and nodded at the entrance. “Your first efforts to place us down there nearly killed my mate and me.”
“What do you mean?” the general snapped.
“The monsters you kept in the dungeons were more powerful than you guessed,” Will explained as he drew me close against his side. “Several of them broke through your magic barrier and attacked us. We had no choice but to escape and lure them out here where I suspected you would be.”
Terve’s eyes flashed with anger. “You exp
