19 Mina stepped into the entrance of the pass, trying to be as quiet as possible. She didn’t hear the sound of fighting, and the passage that cleaved through the mesa twisted and turned, making it impossible to see what lay ahead. She hoped the silence didn’t bode something bad. The walls of the mesa stretched upward, towering high above her. Small crevices broke off to the left and right, but they were too small to enter. In the sand, two sets of footprints were clearly visible. Lord Klodian’s tracks were obviously the larger of the two, and she followed the same path. Mina could feel three distinct dragons through the scale, though one felt much stronger than the others. They were all close, too close for her comfort, but if she didn’t warn Klodian before he stumbled upon them, she’d

