With no food and upwards of a thousand bewildered men and women to look after, Melcorka took charge and led them slowly through the echoing cavern and into another passage that led onward into the dark. "This could lead anywhere," she said.
"It could lead to the end of the world, or Tir-nan-Og," Bradan agreed, tapping his staff on the ground with every stride. "But when we are together, we can face whatever is here."
"How was Tuath captured? He is not a man easily tamed."
"Enchantment," Bradan said. "Eileen and Conall between them made the people believe that the Lord of the Isles had sent a fleet to Ulvust. The people came out to welcome the Lord and were taken by the selkies."
"Eileen is a dangerous woman." Melcorka peered ahead into the impenetrable darkness. "I have never met her k
