The first sun was setting when Odran summoned Dale back to his quarters in the south wing of the castle.
The prince answered the door himself, grinning from ear to ear. Come. See what we have built.
Come. See what we have built.He led Dale through the sitting room with the stone pillar fireplace, then into a lavish dining area and out a back entrance to an enclosed courtyard.
A large cage sat at its center. Dale guessed it to be about six feet tall and deep and wide.
The top and the bottom were made of a smooth black polished rock. Along its edges, binding stones were set at regular intervals, casting their amber light over the cage. Sandwiched between them were rows of thick silver bars.
Dale grasped them and gave them a good shake, but they remained sturdily in place.
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