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I didn’t really sleep that night. I had to pack my clothes, then sneak the long way around to steal food from Neil’s supplies. When I got back to my tent, I found a little leather bag on my cot. Six black stones waited inside. By the time I’d stuffed the rocks and all my pilfered food into my pack, there were only a few hours left until sunrise.
I lay on my bed, trying to convince myself to sleep. I’d need the rest. Without the mountain providing me a path, it would take days to reach Ilbrea. Then I would have to find the Lir Valley and the child.
I closed my eyes and gripped the pendant around my neck. I trusted Liam. Emmet would tell him about the Black Bloods being betrayed. It was better that the news had been lost in tragedies caused by the monster, and right of me not to mentio
