<strong>Balthazar</strong><br/><br/>He smiled and turned her, taking her hair and pulled her face to gaze at the tiny barred window high above.  A spot of blue, the barest glimpse of the sky, was visable through it.  He moved close, his robed body pressing against her back as he leaned close and kissed her neck just below her ear.<br/><br/>"You shall never see the sky again," he whispered softly, "Tell your precious Sun and Moon goodbye.  They hold no sway in the Black Chambers.  There is but one god with that place... And you shall soon learn to call him Master."<br/><br/><strong>Darius</strong><br/><br/>He chuckled.  "I assumed the stonemason would be prepared to remove as well as build," he answered honestly, "Now the passage predates the bricking up... But not even in fear of his life would a King crawl through a fireplace's ash.  And if there was a fire burning it would prevent his escape wouldn't it?  So I doubt we'll need to remove those bricks."<br/><br/>He began to run his hands over the bricks as she did, seeking a loose stone.<br/><br/>"Now, it would be within easy reach... but not where it might be stumbled upon by accident."  He frowned and then moved lower, feeling along waist height.  He found a few loose bricks, though exampination revealed them to simply be loose from age.<br/><br/>Then, as he felt around the side, his hand found a brick that moved but only to swing out on a rusty hinge.  It was thin and behind it was a metal handle.<br/><br/>"Shall I my Princess?"