Sakina
There were guards stationed all around the clearing that Skol’s rogues had made, cutting down grass and bushes to make their camp. We stayed a safe distance, looking carefully to see where the guards stood. Some were coated in clay, and I linked Fibi and Evet to warn them. Some of these rogues were old soldiers of Zamee. They were well trained in both stealth and combat, not unlike us. We would need to tread carefully.
It was then I heard a scuffle. Fibi had snapped the neck of a soldier that had spotted her, leaving herself exposed. She dived into a bush as another rogue appeared behind her. I stayed silent, hiding amongst the greenery. To my horror, Mika emerged, merely twenty feet away from her. She was cornered in her hiding place.
“I can smell blood,” he said, signalling t
