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Renny decided to take the bayard north with the hope of gaining more allies. Although the ride had been smooth, the long hours in the saddle had left Hodgenock's backside numb. He stretched and leaned from side to side to get the feeling to return.
“We are almost there,” yelled Renny, over his shoulder.
The dirt road leading away from Merrihaven had ended many miles back. They'd been traveling on a well-worn grass path surrounded by rolling hills and thick clusters of tree ever since.
Hodgenock leaned to the side and spied the end of the path not far up ahead. Two mountainous boulders loomed in the distance. The pathway led right through the boulders and it was tighter than the one they were already on. There was no way Leofwin would be able to squeeze through.
“Renny,” he said. “H
