Mallory fumbled around for the money in her satchel, where she’d put the coins from the trader, and handed over ten gold pieces. She took the folded piece of paper from the clerk when he held it out, having first put the money away before he did. She stepped away from the counter as she glanced over the letter, looking up to see that everyone watched her. “He’s in Estwater. The group he’s with is making their way north, a short distance at a time, and they’ve offered to let him go with them to Lilica.”
“He’s going north without us?” Emica demanded.
Mallory shook her head. “He wants to know what he should do. If we want him to meet us in Lilica or want him to wait there.”
“Is that all he said?” Danae asked. “There seems to be an awful lot of writing to say so little.”
Mallory smiled. “T
