Nightblade: a book of Underrealm (The Nightblade Epic 1)
“But Gregor hounded her like a shadow, never away from his eyes. It seemed that Damaris did not trust Loren after all, despite her kind manner.
Her only solitude came when she went to the woods to make water. Only then did Gregor let Loren leave his sight. The first time, she kept going into the woods, hoping to fade away and leave him behind. But after a few yards she saw one of Gregor’s guards between the trunks, eyes fixed upon her. They traveled south through the day. Though her mind raced ...to determine what Damaris could want from her, Loren could think of nothing. Once they stopped for the night, Annis appeared as if from nowhere. Her manner seemed airy, light, unreal. “Unpleasant, that business this morning. Wouldn’t you say?”
Loren paid the question no mind, hoping to ignore the girl altogether.
“Still, we made good time,” she continued. “And at least you need not fear my mother turning you in to the constables for a bounty. I think we have well moved beyond such distrust.”MoreLess
Her only solitude came when she went to the woods to make water. Only then did Gregor let Loren leave his sight. The first time, she kept going into the woods, hoping to fade away and leave him behind. But after a few yards she saw one of Gregor’s guards between the trunks, eyes fixed upon her. They traveled south through the day. Though her mind raced ...to determine what Damaris could want from her, Loren could think of nothing. Once they stopped for the night, Annis appeared as if from nowhere. Her manner seemed airy, light, unreal. “Unpleasant, that business this morning. Wouldn’t you say?”
Loren paid the question no mind, hoping to ignore the girl altogether.
“Still, we made good time,” she continued. “And at least you need not fear my mother turning you in to the constables for a bounty. I think we have well moved beyond such distrust.”MoreLess
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