She came upon him and saw him squatting down on a large outcrop of rock, looking out across the sprawling plain. He did not flinch as she dropped down next to him.
“Well, did you find him?”
Han shook his head. “They took him. Over there, in the dip, there were others, waiting. They rode off on their ponies, too fast for me to follow.”
“Well then, we"ll go fetch our horses and get after them.” She gathered her skirts and stood up.
“How will we track them?”
She gawped at him. “We can"t just let them get away – he"s my son!”
he"s my son“I know that. But we will have no chance of outrunning them. And even if we do, they will head to their camp, and there will be more. We will be killed.”
Her fists came up, so tight the knuckles showed white under the skin. “Jesus Christ, you are one hea
