Loki grinned into the orb and snapped his fingers.
Outside the castle the Reaver ceased its attack and returned to a resting position. Within the castle, the second gate slammed shut behind Elissa with a grim note of finality.
Before her was the lower bailey of what had once been the castle of a wealthy lord. Spires and structures rose around it, black against the sky. While much of the ruins looked like any other old castle, the keep and the buildings surrounding the main bailey appeared to have been built at a later time, by someone who had been sinking deep into paranoia and psychosis.
There did not seem to be anything animate around Elissa and Atticus, but there was a chill wind that blew through the towering cypresses, some of which resembled hands, others of which resembled rocks, none of which resembled trees.
As they progressed further into the bailey, small flames suddenly lit up along the torch sconces of the interior of the curtain wall.
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Outside the castle the Reaver ceased its attack and returned to a resting position. Within the castle, the second gate slammed shut behind Elissa with a grim note of finality.
Before her was the lower bailey of what had once been the castle of a wealthy lord. Spires and structures rose around it, black against the sky. While much of the ruins looked like any other old castle, the keep and the buildings surrounding the main bailey appeared to have been built at a later time, by someone who had been sinking deep into paranoia and psychosis.
There did not seem to be anything animate around Elissa and Atticus, but there was a chill wind that blew through the towering cypresses, some of which resembled hands, others of which resembled rocks, none of which resembled trees.
As they progressed further into the bailey, small flames suddenly lit up along the torch sconces of the interior of the curtain wall.