Charlaine waited until they had passed, then ordered the sisters back onto the road, heading east. They rode on in silence until the outpost came into sight.
“Did you notice anything strange about those knights?” asked Charlaine.
“Like what?” replied Erika. “They seemed perfectly fine when we talked to them.”
“I can’t get over the fact that there were only five of them.”
“He explained that, said someone was sick.”
“Yes, but if a brother was sick, wouldn’t they replace him with another? After all, they have a large garrison, he said so himself.”
“Now that you mention it,” offered Helena, “did anyone else notice their horses were a little on the small side for knights?”
“Come now,” said Erika, “they were all wearing plate armour, and wearing their tabards.”
“Easy enough to mimic,” sa
