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MacBathe held up a large, lantern-styled flashlight as they stood at the wide chamber’s cavernous entrance

Trevor saw soht Royce smiled at him “Well done, Trev”

He smirked at her “Parlor tricks”

She laughed, and Chance frowned at theames”

Both Royce and Trevor looked around with interest because, in all her years, Royce had never visited a real dungeon It was exactly what Hollywood depicted theloomy, damp, and full with an assortotten furniture evidently stacked and stored by past residents

Trevor walked over to an instruusted accent said, “By Danu it sh

ocks radation humans can inflict on one another”

Lord MacBathe glanced at hiree”

“Trev …” Royce admonished in a low voice

He frowned at her “Well, even you with your great love of humans must admit that they sees they used to inflict pain—how could they?”

“Barbaric,” said MacBathe “Aye, but we learned from our past”

“No, you did not Torture still goes on,” Trevor complained roundly

“Oh, and I suppose we do not do much the same, but on a different level?” Royce threw back at him

“No, we do not,” he answered sly

“I seem to recall tales of our wars—one so horrific, in fact, that it ended with the destruction of our beloved Danu!” she answered sharply