Chapter 25
Daniel stared at Clara, waiting for the answer.
“We don’t know,” Clara said quietly. “But we know where she will be, where the ritual will take place.”
“Where?” demanded Sarah, stepping close to Clara. Daniel stepped forward and placed a hand on Sarah’s shoulder, as much to steady her as to hold her back.
“Underground. Beneath the town there’s a temple of some kind. Deep beneath, forty or fifty feet down at least to its ceiling. Much more than that to its floor.”
“How do you know this?” asked Daniel suspiciously.
“From the guards. Their souls may be lost to the darkness but they are still guards. They still go drinking. They still go whoring. And during both types of fun they get loose tongued. We’ve known about the temple for years, but there was never any reaso
