Chapter 23Bergen led Kallan through the Hall to the far corner where the stairs descended into the kitchens. Just as she hoped he would pull her down the steps to the butlery, he led her straight around the screens passage that concealed a single oak door. Without a word, Bergen opened the door and meandered up the steps.
The castle hummed with a rare quiet as Kallan followed Bergen up a narrow stairwell with a single window. The steps spiraled to a landing where she shadowed him to one of the only two doors that flanked the stairs.
“That's the war room.”
Bergen nodded to a door on the right as he unlocked the door on the left.
“This…” He was certain to look her dead in the eye as he pushed the door open. “…is my room.”
Her neck burned and Kallan forced the words past the lump.
“B-B-
