Serys was still looking at him in disbelief.
"You said... Morcan wants to see me?" How was such a thing possible?
They had thought Morcan was either dead or had escaped through a secret passage... How could he still be on the island?
Such a thing shouldn't even be possible! It was impossible for him to be on the island and for the tower leader and Supreme Council not to be able to find him.
The mage nodded slowly.
"Yes, Professor, but... not in the way you think." He paused for a moment, scanned the hallway, and made sure no one was watching them.
"Please follow me." Then he said in a low voice.
Without waiting for an answer, he changed his path and entered a narrow hallway that led toward the old section of the tower.
The further they went, the older and emptier the buildings became.
Stone walls that were once magnificent were now hidden beneath layers of moss and deep cracks.
