Lain was not idle either. Even though he too was for the moment unable to see, he knew where the prince had stood and with a prayer that he had not moved he used his magic to open the ground beneath his feet. Theirn’s shout of elation from high above him told Lain he had succeeded and instantly he sealed the breach. He felt someone touch his arm and turned defensively.
“‘Tis me,” Beleg told him. “Before you ask I was looking away when the light came and kept my eyes shielded. He was so intent on destroying Castien he was unaware of me.”
Lain nodded. He took a deep breath as he wiped his hand across his own eyes. “Is he, the prince, buried for the moment?”
“So it would seem, although who can know for certain?”
As his vision returned Lain watched Theirn scramble down the cliff walls towa
