CHAPTER ELEVEN
Imen mourned the tragic circumstances that found him the temporary leader of the four other pupils. First, the reopening of the Tunnel, and then the death of their beloved master, murdered within the walls of his own hut; a symbol drawn on his back in blood.
The Lord Aio had been murdered the night of their return from Aicatan, the night they had discovered the opened Tunnel. A quick glance at the inside of the hut, the burn marks and gashes made in the walls and on the furniture, the scattered papers, the books, writing materials and weapons tossed carelessly around the room, and the shredded clothing told of a great struggle. The body of the Lord Aio was found in the center of the hut, facedown, a symbol carved into his bare back. Only one thing could have caused the inc
