The caverns were his last remaining bolthole. He held on to them being his salvation on the horrific trip. When he got to Eryri, he found he couldn’... access the caves the way he had in the past. As he had feared, the spells refused his entry. Therefore, he had to dig to the cavern and hope the spells didn’t keep sending him in circles.It took him five long years to finally break-in to a small back cavern. Contrary to popular belief, full wizards did age, just more slowly than the average human. She sat him in an open, low cubicle and began handing him stacks ofmemos, explaining what he had to do. After a few minutes, Sally arrived,unloading office supplies as she helped him organize his desk beforeClaire arrived with a series of forms."Sign where I have the arrows, please," said Claire, pointing and turningpages."What's all this for," Alan asked herm, knowing the forms from before."This will allow me to get you systems access, and also access to loginto the phone system," Claire. In the far distance she caught the wail of baying hounds, and motion at the castle drawbridge drew her attention. Miles away, guardsmen thundered out of the keep riding huge, black stallions. At their lead she could make out the hulking shape of Bruno, waving his great spiked mace over his head as he rode. Dara gasped and turned. The tree line of the black forest stood across several fields of crops, a good two miles away. Looking back at the keep, the guardsmen had scattered, but Bruno came. But I think I’d be a little more comfortable if we were somewhere less public.’ ‘Ah,’ I replied. ‘I see.’ The woman looked away for a moment then turned back to me, as if she had come to a decision. ‘Will you come back to my house? It is not far from here…’ I smiled. This was so different from the direction that I had expected our park trip to take, but that was fine. Here was this woman who was clearly thrilled by watching Anya and me—excited enough that she wanted to take us home. I started.