CHAPTER 13THE MANTIS
“HOLY SHITE.”
Even Neilath was taken back by the faelen tree’s monumental interior.
Caelwyn’s eyes traced a pathway winding so high up the walls that it faded into darkness. “Who knew?”
Torchlight spread throughout the towering interior and was as unnatural as the temple itself.
Taelire meandered in awe. “How did he build this?”
Caelwyn motioned to the twelve statues along the walls that divided the interior by equal intervals. “He may have had help.”
Most of the statues were too far away to see in detail, but Dani flew to the nearest one. Aithein followed, the troupe in tow.
Dani glided along the statue’s contours. Aithein shivered as her fairylight revealed a creature he’d never seen before. Though muscular and similar to man, its limbs were thin and elongate
