She nodded.
Another hour passed with little activity to speak of. She was sure that they were now further west than the shuttle"s crash site by at least a kilometre or two. If they were going to run into the Ragnosians, it would happen any time now.
On several occasions, Captain Denathril had asked his people to take up positions on a high vantage point and scan the forest with binoculars. Each time they reported nothing out of the ordinary. Maybe the Ragnosians weren"t headed toward Ta"Leean. They could have gone west, toward the distant shoreline.
The soldiers were starting to complain of fatigue. It began as angry mutters, but it didn"t take long for that to escalate into full-on griping. Melissa was tired – she had gone more than twenty-four hours without sleep – but she knew she st
