Chapter 2Once inside, Yerna found herself looking down a long corridor. Fat white candles sitting on tiny copper shelves at regular intervals lit the way. Doors, mostly shut, lined both sides of the gray stone walls. For a breath or two, panic assailed her.
Ye gods, so huge, so cold and grim. Then her practical nature took over. The lad said to report to Obercinque something. That means the rank for one officer over fifty men in the old structure of the military. There cannot be too many such here, can there?
Clinging to that reassurance, she strode off down the hall, her boots striking the flagged floor with sharp raps while her spurs jingled. She halted at the first open door, then peeked in, not sure what she’d see. The space held a cluttered desk and a few uncomfortable looking woode
