Annikke stood when she saw him, a smile lighting her face. Safe. Annikke and Benoia, sitting near Vali, were both safe. Aren released a breath he hadn’t known he was holding. A second later the force of Annikke’s smile struck him. It transformed her, and for an instant all other thought left Aren’s mind. She was lovely without her perpetually worried expression, and he found himself smiling back as if they were the only ones in the clearing. Her smile faded. “No luck?” Aren dragged his attention back to where it needed to be. A quick scan showed no strangers in their camp. “Where are our guests?” Aren held his bow loosely in one hand at his side, and his other well away from his dagger. He didn’t want to die from a misunderstanding. “Here,” a feminine voice answered. The smallest of the three women he’d seen emerged from the trees beyond his left shoulder, a drawn bow in her hands. Aren turned slightly to better see her. She held her bow steady and sure, and he had no doubt she’d loose at the least threat.
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