CHAPTER THIRTEEN
A few minutes later we crept along the empty corridors of the church and to our ‘secret’ exit. We found the courtyard filled with voices as the brothers sought to batten down the hatches of the stables and soothe the beasts as the far-off rumblings worried the horses.
We slipped down the ramp and onto the road which was as deserted as the halls. Everyone had taken cover against the encroaching storm.
I looked over my shoulder at the horizon where the storm clouds gathered. They were towering masses of darkness that tumbled their way toward us. “Is this a normal storm for this world?”
Ros deigned a look back before he shook his head. “No. I haven’t seen anything like that for quite a few years.”
Looking at those tall black clouds, a shudder ran through me. “That
