The night guards no longer tried to stop him when he asked to leave the village. They just opened the gate and let him out. Once he passed underneath Veliaf’s wall, Balear took off at a jog to warm up. It felt good to work his body. As his muscles adjusted to the motion, he sped up until he was s...
Within a few minutes the captain started snoring. Filled with new passion, Iren seated himself in the center of camp, trying to examine every detail of the surrounding countryside. With the moon nearly full and the skies cloudless, he could see a considerable distance. Amroth had chosen a good sp...
They had yet to lay eyes on it, but Lyubo insisted they were getting close. “These tracks couldn’t have been made more than an hour ago,” he said, gesturing at the spots in the mud. “They’re close together too, which means he’s moving slowly. We’ll catch him before we have...