CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Our guide led us across the way, but we had hardly stepped off the bridge when he turned right and proceeded to climb down the steep bank. We hesitated at the top and watched him slide down to the rocky bottom where the bridge cast its shadow over him.
“What are you waiting for?” he called to us.
“An explanation,” Tegan countered.
“You swore to meet with Domini, and I am taking you to him,” our guide assured us as he gestured to the darkness beneath the bridge. “It isn’t much further.”
Tegan pursed his lips, but gingerly led us down the slope. I clung to him as the muddy ground gave way underfoot, and much was my joy when we finally reached the bottom. Huge boulders had been stacked around the foundation to prevent washout and the rocks also created a little gro
