Beyond Night
A grim silence spread over the Picts, punctuated only by the cries of the dying far off behind them.
Gonar reached out and took her left hand. They turned, together, and walked toward the mouth of the cave. The King had long since run down into the earth, but they pressed on, very indifferently. Hand in hand, they stepped into the edge of the cavern and peered inside. Far down into the tunnel that led to the great chambers, they saw Adelaido watching them . . . .
The children stopped by the stone bars of the cave’s mouth. Gonar reached out with his left hand and touched the pentagram and rune that held the Uilepheist creature within.
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