CHAPTER 39
The tunnel leading out of the main cavern was narrow and gloomy, the stone creating a garbled echo out of every sound. Wooden supports lined the tunnel, along with a handful of doors. The tunnel forked in two further down, with the sounds of fighting coming from the left passage.
“Adelma,” Longinus murmured to Rory. Grunting and dull thuds could be heard, but no voices. It sounds like she’s chopping wood.
From the path to the right came distorted voices, but it was unclear who was speaking. Longinus hesitated, unsure how to proceed. Adelma might need help, but he was useless in that kind of situation. Rory, propped up against him as she was, would be just as useless. They needed to find the Marchioness, and fast.
Suddenly right in front of them one of the doors on the right
