Lyria felt like entering a one-way tunnel. There were torches on the sides of the tunnel lighting their way but the fairy lights helped more. The fairies lined themselves up in a trail deep into the tunnel.
She had been walking for quite some time behind Anthony and Cecil. Arkan was behind her, exhaling hot breaths to Lyria’s back. It gave her goosebumps.
Finally, the long tunnel gave way to a huge clearing. It was… magnificent.
The cave wall spiraled surrounding the space. It must have been dozens of stories high. Each floor had its own tunnels. And the fairy lights revealed other creatures lurking, looking down at Lyria. Some had scales, and some had tails so long that they slithered across a few floors. Some had horns and some had wings. None were as big as Arkan.
But the most st
