Chapter 12
The castle was sprawling, massive, and almost entirely dark. They had left the kitchen after Kris had stuffed herself so full of food that she could hardly walk, Ruslo going back the way they had come and her and Korrin going into the dining hall.
The hall had once been stunning, she thought. Some torches still burned, giving enough illumination to see the hall by. There were old tapestries on the walls, ancient shields and swords everywhere, but the thing that caught her eye was where an explosion had been.
She didn’t need Korrin to tell her what it was for her to know: chunks of wood from chairs and tables had been thrown everywhere in the room. The floor had a massive black chunk blown out of it. And there were still bright, red streaks everywhere. She gulped and tri
