Bab 147: In the basement (part 9)

At first, things looked good for Lairs.

Other captured elves escaped, just as she intended, lord Envy was only defending and the other two didn't even try to interfere, and she even saw Zombie running down the secret passage for about a split of a second.

The elves who were kept in the basement the longest have said that the thing that allows Envy to influence their race is hidden there, and clearly, Cranberry, who opened the passage in the first place and went inside earlier, must have dealt with that thing.

Surely with both of them there, there was no need for Lairs to worry - that haughty noble lady and her undead puppet would surely get out of there in just a few seconds...

Surely...

But then a minute has passed.

Then five minutes...

Surely...!

And then ten...

Lairs was drenched in a cold sweat.