“WHERE IS SHEE??” A man bellowed inside an underground tunnel.
It was dark and cold. The damp air felt eerie. The black water flowing shallowly through the tunnel seemed endless.
Duke Frelie knew the underground river flowed from the east side of the palace to the west side. It connected two big rivers in Voltaire to the castle. It was a known secret that the tunnel was an escape route for the royals. The structure was built by Eric the Great and had only been used two times in history. One, when Princess Maghfire ran away from her political marriage to the King of Barbarians three centuries ago. And two, when the ninth king sealed the Dark Witch inside the tunnel. Ever since then, the tunnel had never been visited by a single soul. It was forgotten for almost a century.
Until eight ye
