Chapter 10I half expected the ground to begin to shake, for the skies to grow dark and stormy, and the land to divide as soon as I had muttered the word, ‘forever.’ I expected only the fantastic and theatrical. Blame it on the fact that I had seen way too many Hollywood movies. Instead, Darce took a step back and knelt; brushing his fingers over the slab of stone before us.
As his fingers trailed over the mosaic, I watched with wonder as the stones began to glow and shake. The large stone rose up, revealing an empty, black pit below. It grew larger and larger—a vast, dark hole that seemed to have no end. From across the pit, Darce’s face was calm—normal even. The roar of the waves could still be heard in the distance, and the sky was still full of speckled stars.
The stone hovered above
