His lover started looking for a way to circumnavigate the blaze. At one point, she hopped onto a large rock, but that exposed her to the heat. She fell backward, very nearly cracking her skull open. Thankfully, she landed on her bottom.
Sorin went to her.
Dropping to one knee beside her, he snarled with barely-restrained anger. “Don"t be a fool!” The words were out of his mouth before he had a chance to reconsider them. “In all likelihood, Tysan is already dead!”
“You don"t know that!”
“Look around you, woman!”
Alida sat up and slapped him across the face, leaving a hot sting on his skin. His vision blurred for a moment, and when it cleared again, he saw her face in the firelight. There was contempt in her eyes. “I am not stupid,” she hissed. “I will not abandon our friends when we ha
