Chapter 21
I stared about me in amazement as the warrior led me through graceful corridors broken at regular intervals by arched doors. Whenever one hallway intersected another, the ceiling soared overhead, decorated with carvings of leaves and vines. Crystal bowls holding flickering blue flame, smaller than the ones I’d seen outside, shed soft radiance over the white stone walls and polished floor.
It was the exact opposite of Castle Raine. I’d grown used to those shadowy, cold corridors, the uncompromising walls of hewn granite, but they’d never felt welcoming. Not like these open and graceful halls.
We passed a large room where a fountain played, and another that seemed to be a dining hall of some kind, elegant tables and chairs arrayed within. My escort led me by several Dark Elf co
