C363 THE ESCAPE

"They are coming through the walls, Aria! The north pipes have burst!" Silas screamed. He was leaning his full weight against the heavy vault door, his boots sliding in the slime of the floor. The sound from the other side was a chorus of scratching—long, bone-like nails digging into the stone.

The Young Prince stood behind Aria. The fever was still there, but it had turned into something else