CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Claskan could hear the fighting above. Bora and Padyn were in the thick of it, but the goal was to save Carina. His friends needed help, but she was the goal. He considered joining and fighting off whatever enemy they faced as door after door squeaked open.
The locked doors he refused to ignore and kicked them until they submitted to his will. Empty bedrooms were all he found in most cases. A few tables for the patrol guards in others.
Claskan lost interest in finesse and deceit as he yelled out for any sign of Carina, Butcher or even the wolf. The only sound he heard was the echo of his own voice and the fighting above. Guards were definitely above, but none seemed to be on this floor.
When he first came up the stairs he walked toward the front of the castle, but no
