Chapter 12
Mink
As soon as they entered the compound, Yulen’s uneasiness expanded into full-blown alarm. Although nothing may have appeared to be off-kilter to the untrained eye, to him nothing appeared right. He also noticed that neither Balinkar nor Malso sheathed their weapons, which told him they also sensed something was dangerously wrong.
The woman named Parilla continued to lead them toward the center of the small compound. Like Wallis, there was an outer ring of apartments, with an inner ring of markets and stores. He glanced upward at the rooftops to see if there were any guards posted there. He spotted several forms standing in the shadows.
Then one of them moved. Sideways. Crab-like. And remained crouching with legs akimbo.
Alarm bells went off in his head. Halting in his t
