SILAS

My eye itched and burned, but I didn’t stop it. Magic surged from my body once again, and a dark mist filled the night.

"Quick, close the gates! It’s an order from the boss, close them now!"

"Dammit, what is this fog? I can’t see a thing! Alfred, Alfred…!"

"Don’t move, or you’ll fall into the pit—wait, I can’t see anything!"

"Aaahhh!"

Amid the shouting and the grinding gears of the closing mechanism, the neigh of a horse echoed.

It leaped just as the two massive wooden doors were about to