Chapter Nineteen
Talis called with all his might, but it was clear that nobody on the other side of the roiling inlet could hear him, any more than he could make a single word out of their scream and cries. He took a step closer to the edge of the broken bank, but Carlo shouldered him aside, setting himself between Talis and the shattered earth. Talis yelled in frustration, looking about for the best way to reach his son. Jasper, it seemed, was trying to bring the settlers down to Newkeep. Jasper, may all the powers bless him, must have seen the advancing army of the Pale when he went out to check the water levels. The boy had wasted no time, not even the minutes it would have taken to alert them at Newkeep. He must have run his heart out, rushing to the Settlement with the news. Now the
