“Gant will take Malay and Samui back to my ship. Now that the rock creature is destroyed, Samui and Malay can now pass together through the opening of the canyon. Gant should be able to remove the ice from the entrance with the club that Samui and Malay have enchanted. The rest of us will continue on to the palace. We should reach it by tomorrow night,” Nali said, pointing to the map that Gem had drawn in the sand.
“The creature is very dangerous. Perhaps I should—” Samui started to say.
“Samui, no…,” Malay softly protested, gripping her husband’s arm.
Gem looked up at her aunt and uncle. They were so exhausted that they needed to lean on each other. The prolonged use of their magic to maintain both the protection spell on the canyon and their ice form in order to deal with the rock cre
