Chapter Fifty-TwoI circled above the Mandolia mountain, made sure no one was patrolling outside, and dove for the warded hole at the peak, the one no one without wings dared use. I passed through the shield like a rock through water, my entrance rippling through the ward, announcing my presence like a thunderclap. Heads turned up, watched me drop lightly to my feet, beside the stadium-sized hole where long ago a deep lake had been. Barnietons rushed away from me, claws clicking on the hard rock ground. I sensed the focus of the mindless minions on me, but none dared approach. I headed straight to the back passages, certain that no one who saw me coming through this cavern would stop and question my presence, much less take it to Remo. Still, the necklace Drozelle gave me to mask my presenc
