“You should be asleep!” Ali said.
Jess looked up from where he sat on the sofa, smiling at the sight of her standing there with a blanket pulled around her shoulders.
“So should you,” he replied.
“Yeah. Easier said than done. I managed to drop off a few times but my dreams…” she tailed off, and shivered.
“Same here. I don’t like this, Ali. I thought I’d finished with heading off into danger when the Taint was destroyed and I got you back. The scouting mission was different, we were seeing what was there but the Wanderer can get us away from most things easily enough. This though… this could get us killed.”
“No. We won’t let it. That’s part of the reason I got up. I needed to speak to you.”
She walked over and dropped onto the sofa, leaning against Jess.
“That sounds… worryi
