28 IZRAMITH REMAINED with Rehan and Braedon in the garden, assisting Dashu and Eris and other security crews when they arrived. When daylight came, Izramith left the house and walked back to her guesthouse room. The markets were in full swing already, with a steady stream of people wheeling trolleys with produce from the local fields up the hill. There were tottering piles of baskets with leaves, nuts, fruit and fish. Also, bags full of flowers, which a couple of Pengali men were weaving into ornamental headdresses. Probably some festivity going on. She came past the airport, where a number of private craft stood in the corner furthest away from the building. Two bored guards leaned against the gate. Just a normal day in Barresh. No one cared much about the missing girls apart from the

