CHAPTER 10
Mykal climbed the staircase inside the tower. The walls were wet and damp. A coldness passed through his body. His bones ached. It seemed like he would never feel warm again. Despite the ease of ascent, every step caused pain to flash and flare in his legs and feet. He couldn’t understand why he was going up.
He heard a muffled, but steady, fast beating of his heart. It pulsed, throbbed inside his ears.
They should’ve been going down, if they were finished inside the dovecote, they should’ve been going down the stairs. The dovecote sat on top of the tower, there hadn’t been more stairs to climb, had there?
They.
Where was Blodwyn? Gembert?
This is the same tower, isn’t it?
“Wyn? Blodwyn?”
Mykal heard the sound of his voice, but knew something was different, off. He hadn’
