The journey to Rapids progressed slowly at first. Serdra was still concerned with not running into anyone who might recognize Katja even though Katja insisted the chances of that happening so far east were remote. Additionally the winter's stay on the fell had drained the horse's stamina and th...
They spent the rest of the night beneath the bridge. They crawled out from under it as dawn broke and split up in search of Frank. It was Katja who found him and reported the night’s events. She described the Brotherhood woman in detail, as well as her dwelling. He would then report to the Shad...
Katja wanted to say something but could think of nothing clever. Serdra couldn’t know any more than she about what had happened. Vajan’s band could hardly have been large enough to take a fort, even a small one. Had the invasion begun? Had Valdimar’s army surprised every...