Chapter 341

• We followed the warriors into a grand castle, its black-and-white stone walls looming over the mountain we stood on. The endless darkness stretched beyond the horizon, shrouding everything in shadow except for the castle itself and the scattered pinpricks of light dotting the city far below. The treetops were hidden in the abyss, leaving only the starry sky as a guide to the world around us.
• “What does your High Lord want with us?” I asked the scarred warrior, clutching the cape he had given me.
• He seemed to hold a position of authority; the other guards deferred to him, walking silently beside and behind us, their bulky forms clinking faintly as their armor shifted.