Chapter Five: Night AttackThey travelled the entire day, until the sun began to set in the western horizon, turning the blue sky into a vibrant shade of amber. Deciding it would not be long before a blanket of stars drew over them, they steered the canoe towards the embankment of the river.
Their limbs ached from their cramped confinement in the narrow boat and Melia, in particular, needed to feel the land beneath her feet. Of course she would not admit such vulnerability to Aeron and wondered what it was about him that made her so determined not to show weakness?
They made camp along the Eastern Shore, which was supposedly free of Berserkers activity now that Balfure was no more. While there were still many of the creatures in the Northern Province – or the Northlands as it was known to
