Marl traced the path leading to the Necromancer backward, and realized that it doubled back up the cavern walls twenty, thirty times, and would leave them exposed throughout their descent.
The Necromancer, Travert Crepitans Pictor, appeared to be looking their way but was motionless, giving no indication he"d seen them enter.
“There must be another entrance,” Ari said.
“I don"t remember this long winding path down the cavern side,” Marl said. “I do remember that it seemed days before we reached the surface. Perhaps we wandered these bowels before accidently finding a way up.” The instant he said it, he knew it wasn"t true, as nothing happened on Warlock"s Mount that wasn"t of Pictor"s design.
“No,” Columba said, “he wants us here. He wants to wear us down with an exhaustive, difficult
