Immediately two of the horsemen rode ahead and, as Giona followed them, the other two rode behind her.
She was aware as they moved away that Captain Darius had climbed back into the carriage and already it was moving at a tremendous pace towards Dūric.
She wondered curiously exactly what was happening, but was content for the moment to be free and busy seeing that her horse did not stumble over the rough ground as they rose higher and higher up the mountainside.
They rode in silence until after over an hour they moved onto what seemed to be almost a level plateau below the peak of the mountain and for the first time she had sight of other men.
They ran ahead when they saw her approaching and she was sure that they had been waiting for her arrival.
Then the plateau widened out and she
