Bound to The Enemy of My Mate
A fragile, hard-won relief began to warm his frozen core.
Then, the mountain groaned.
It was a deep, subterranean rumble that vibrated up through the earth. They all watched, frozen, as the hidden entrance they had escaped from—and the entire network of tunnels below—collapsed in on itself with a final, grinding roar. The earth settled, leaving only a scar of freshly disturbed rock and dirt. The entrance was gone. Sealed forever.
The mine was gone.
The evidence was gone.
The bodies of the human slaves, the silver collars, the machinery of the Duke's operation—all of it, buried under tons of rock and seawater.