Chapter 49 – Wight Before Them

This wasn’t part of the tunnel through this doorway. It wasn’t an offshoot to another tunnel. The doorway opened into a large room. What appeared naturally made with a water feature in the centre? Clearly, the water raised and lowered through the ages, and it must be how the caves originally came into being. The burials and the carving came later. The walls held evidence of the rise and fall of the water from ages past. A glowing moss or fungus clung to the walls in great patches. The wight’s form appeared to give off a cold, faint glow, that gave enough light to reveal the size of the space.

All eyes scanned the space, eager to have this over and done with. Their need for retribution and destruction keenly felt all around. “That’s a complication.”

“What?”

“The moss. It’s not anywhere else, so what’s the bet the wight brought it here? It might help kill it, but it could kill us, too.” Magnus cursed softly under his breath. No one spoke l