Book Five: Chapter 179

Eulalie looked around the room, expecting to see someone moving among the shadows. The room was quiet, save for the frantic rattling of the chained up mace.

“Tell me again about this tower.” She walked over toward the display case with the mace. “It was that shadow guy who owned it, right?”

“That’s the theory. This tower was part of his property, the rest of it is trapped in the Underworld. We think this was his private stash of weapons.”

“He was a magic user, right?” When she placed her hand against the glass, the mace went still once more, as if watching her. An evil wizard with a stash of magical weapons. This room had a secret, she just knew it.

“On top of being a manipulative bastard, yes.” Sofia moved to the center of the room and crossed her arms. “Without knowing his name, we couldn’t do any research into him. Why do you ask?”

“It just strikes me as odd. On the one hand, you have this powerful sorcerer who is hoarding magical weapons, right? But