---- He pushed the clothes aside-surprisingly little dust-and went 'to shut the closet door behind him. I took the risk and slipped through the crack, sharing the narrow space with him. My intangible body did its best not to touch him. To my utter surprise, he leaned toward the back of the wardrobe and activated some kind of mechanism The wooden panels creaked and gave way, and a current of air rushed in.

The false back of the wardrobe revealed a dark tunnel that stretched deep into the castle's bowels. As I followed his steps, I kept wondering how many of these passages ran through the fortress. From now on, I'd have to sleep with one eye open, because who knew what might crawl out from under the bed. The path was silent, lit only by the dim glow of the torch in the man's hand. It was a damned maze down there-corridors twisting, leading to unknown places.

gallery. A massive cavern opened before us, and the cold hit suddenly and hard. The walls, the ceiling, all the stone was frozen like an icy cave. Up above, I couldn't

like spinning wheels of fate, trying to drain its power. Every now and then, it sparked with dark magic. What I

chains that disappeared beneath covered crates. What the hell was hidden in there? "Mr. Fenir! I'm glad you came," a voice

I noticed the eager tone in his voice. "Yes, yes, come take a look..." A terrible feeling settled in my gut as I followed them into the lower level of the cave. They approached one of those cages, and something moved ---- inside. A low growl and scraping metal echoed out. "We did it, Mr. Fenir. We tamed

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