Rénald and Octave misted through a crack between the gate at the entrance of the mine shaft and the mountain wall. After they’d reformed, Rénald lifted the bar that kept the gate closed. As he told Octave, he suspected that Walker used magic to lift it from outside the mineshaft when he needed to get inside. Opening the gate, he let Noah and Ewan in.
“Walker?” Noah mouthed as they started down the mineshaft.
Ewan held up one hand, a look of deep concentration on his face, when they got to the point where the shaft split into two narrower ones. He mimed sleep, gesturing to one of them—letting the others know that the cave with the vampires was at the end of it. Then he closed his eyes, turning slowly. With a sharp nod, he opened them again and began walking down the second shaft. When the
