“He put two fingers in his mouth and whistled. Firepos swooped down toward him. As the soldier aimed his crossbow, Tanner jumped up and grabbed Firepos’s claw. He was heaved into the air and the bolt thudded into a cart behind where he’d been standing. “Idiot! You missed,” General Gor shouted. Tanner let Firepos carry him a hundred paces, until they could no longer see the square, then let go and landed on the roof of a building, clutching at the thatch. “I need to find the Mapmaker before Gor d...oes,” he said to Firepos. “Stay out of sight until I call you.” The Beast spread her golden wings and took to the air. Tanner lowered himself from the roof and dropped into the narrow alley. It was empty, and the houses on either side were quiet, although he suspected many were a refuge for the terrified Colweirians; they had to be hiding somewhere. He knocked at the first door he came across. He heard someone moving behind it. “I’m not the enemy,” Tanner hissed through the crack.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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