We stopped, got off our respective beasts and secured the lead ropes at the nearby pole next to the pearly gate. The gate stood before the hanging bridge. Beyond it was just darkness. We couldn’t see anything else. And I hoped it wasn’t a trap that would lead us to another dimension or wherever other than our destination, which was supposed to be an old castle from what the inn’s owner had described.
I could feel the wind blow stronger than before, and the fog just below the bridge made us blind to what lay far down below. I wondered what was down there while Azajji whispered to me her lone word of warning, “danger.”
Yes, I know, Azajji. And it will always be from now on until we take down that wizard, okay?
“Danger!” she insisted with more urgency.
I just cussed inside my head, unshea
