Chapter 8
Betrayal
Kandar had never seen a catacomb in his life. Nor had he even comprehended what a catacomb was like until he entered Merisha. Truth be told, none of the rest of the party had comprehended what a catacomb was like either. Their torches cast shadows that made the catacomb even more eerie and unsettling. The passages had been carved through solid rock, and the walls were filled with niches. Occasionally, a niche might contain a whole coffin or sarcophagus, but mostly they contained n***d bones. Some lay there in funeral wrappings that were in various stages of decay, exposing the remains of the deceased.
Rats scurried everywhere. The rats were so numerous that, at times, they even got underfoot or clamored over one another. The presence of so many rats alone made the cat
