Chapter Ten
The rescue party pulled out, leaving six leaders of the oarsmen to help maintain order in the camp and supervise maintenance work on the ships.
Jadis threw her saddlebags over the rump of a brown and gray donkey, then climbed on to follow behind the last of the soldiers.
After completing their trade negations for supplies for those remaining with the ships, Sparks, Jai Li, and Apache mounted their horses and raced to catch up with the column.
The trail was easy to follow, having been trampled down by Obolus, Little Boy’s wagon, ninety-five horses and donkeys, and two hundred and twenty-five soldiers.
The three of them rode hard for two hours, then they heard the gunshots from a half-kilometer away.
They found Sarge and the others trapped in a wooded canyon with two or thr
