Chapter 12
While Claudius searched in one part of the vast grounds of the palace, Savanne had been stumbling along in another part, trying to figure out why he felt so dizzy. He looked around, seeing the grounds of the palace that seemed to move and undulate. Where was he? His thoughts went back to the wine he drank. He thought it had tasted strange and instinctively knew it must have been poisoned.
But it can’t be. Only Mogador would do such a thing, and he wasn’t allowed on palace grounds.
“Help,” he mumbled as he continued to stumble around and then looked up into the sky to see the moon that seemed to be getting nearer and nearer, as if it were falling. He realized he must be hallucinating, and then as the last of his strength was leaving him, he fell, his last visualization bein
