CHAPTER 9

Bria stood for three long heartbeats and then took to the undergrowth after Rusk. A few steps along, she scented the first hint of smoke, too bitter to be a simple campfire. She hesitated. Her nose told her that there was death involved, too.

Kyth perked up, she could feel his interest through her own emotions. That worried her farther, if evil was interested whatever lay ahead it could not be goo