The Free Kingdoms (Book 2)
“By all rights, Darik should be sleeping too, but Whelan had other ideas. They rode quietly through the city, avoiding the city guards but taking no care to disguise their exit in any other way. Faces appeared in windows at the sound of hoof beats on the cobbled streets, and two men lurked in the alley between two buildings, but they slipped away before Darik saw who they were. Ethan had vowed to rid the city of Veyrian spies, but until then, Whelan didn’t want to reveal their true direction. And he left Sofiana at the Citadel, to join them later, still concerned about how others perceived the delicate relationship between the girl and her two fathers. Whelan thought it best if they didn’t leave together.The northern edge of the city turned into well-groomed fields and a maze of farm roads, most of them rutted. Whelan turned them immediately east, toward the mountains, and sent Scree into the air to watch for danger. A light rain fell from the sky; darker clouds to the east promised wo...rse weather.MoreLess
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