Chapter 17: The Cloak of Invisibility
Jafar al-Sharif, Prince Ahmad, and Umar bin Ibrahim were led away from King Zargov’s audience chamber still protesting their innocence. A squad of alert guards, walking before and behind them, escorted the prisoners through the downward sloping corridors of Punjar into the heart of the mountain that was their home. The men from Ravan again had to duck to avoid bumping their heads on the low ceilings; the gravel that littered the floor crunched beneath their boots, and the smells within the walls—which they’d thought were bad before—grew steadily worse. Eventually the trio was breathing exclusively through their mouths to avoid smelling the awful stench.
Their hearts were heavy at the thought that their mission would be curtailed this quickly. This wa
