Mallory watched Ryan, wand at the ready. He seemed to move along the tunnel very slowly. She wanted to tell him to hurry up and tell him not to go so fast for fear of what he might stumble into. She leaned forward when he reached the end, holding her breath as she waited to see what would happen. He backed away from the next cave, facing it for nearly a minute before he turned and made his way slowly back to them.
Brodie joined them at the start of the third tunnel. He held up a vial filled with a yellow liquid. “Good thing we took the rogue out before he could attack us. Weapon poison. Eight uses. The lantern is still good and about half filled with oil and we got a thick, grey woollen blanket off the bed. And five copper pieces. I couldn’t open the barrels to see what’s inside them. No
