After us, Vatiel's twenty brave elven bodyguards slipped into the portal, and in this composition we came out at the walls of some snow-covered castle, gray against the backdrop of snow-white mountains.

The cold icy wind pierced the body with scalding frosty needles, and it was so sharp and strong that it even took my breath away. Nantes quickly put me on my feet and wrapped me in his long and warm velvety coat.

- What Gracchus? - Prince Urliysky was very surprised. “We were supposed to be inside my castle, not outside!” He looked around in confusion.

- It is a trap! Kai understood. Pulling the hilt of the...