CHAPTER TWELVE
Arian grabbed my arms and pulled me to the nearest pillars which she quickly tucked me behind. She pressed a finger to her lips before she turned to face the man who had yelled at us. It was a guard and he grasped his spear in both hands as he hurried up to her.
“What are you doing here?” he questioned her. His curious eyes inspected the area and invariably discovered the hole. “What is this?” he demanded to know as he stabbed a finger at the tunnel.
Arian grasped her hands behind her and smiled at him. “My sincerest apologies. I thought you had been alerted to the digging today.”
The guard frowned at her. “Digging? What digging?”
My companion nodded at the hole even as I noticed one of her hands move. One of her fingers pointed to my left. The party was in th
