Chapter 22
A flickering light disturbed Steigan's sleep. He woke to find the lantern he'd carried with him starting to burn low. He turned the wick up a little, then stood up. Raising the lantern above his head, he tried to shine the light high enough to see the door.
“Martias?” he asked, hoping he'd get an answer from above.
Silence.
Gathering his things, he decided to take a look around to see if there were escape tunnels or a dead end. He hoped Martias really didn't know where this tunnel went, which gave him a fifty-fifty chance on getting out of here.
Still, he looked once more toward the ceiling, wishing.
“Definitely out of reach,” he said to himself even while wondering how he'd push the heavy door open if he did somehow manage to get up there.
Steigan went through a gap whic
