“It’s all this waiting and not knowing,” said Aiden quietly. “Sometimes I think it would be better to know, even if it was bad news.”
Tristan got the sense that Aiden was no longer talking about just the Eagle Riders. He had left his family behind in the midst of the turmoil. Brokk and Kari and Andor, who he had met briefly in the dead of night. And Branwyn. The thought of her made his chest grow tight and he was sad to think that she might be in danger.
“Any word of your family?” said Tristan.
Aiden shook his head. “Some men went back to the City a few days ago to gather information. They were going to bring news of my family or bring them here if things have got bad in the City.”
Tristan nodded his understanding. It was yet another unknown to gnaw at the back of their minds. Tristan
