Jovanna made her way out of the camp and back up the hill to where they had been before. Velent met her as she crested the hill. “You were down there longer than an hour.”
“I wasn’t aware I had instructions,” Jovanna replied. “You didn’t seem eager to share your plan with me, so I did what I felt was prudent.”
“I knew you were listening,” he said, his tone revealing his growing impatience.
“Did you learn anything?” she asked.
“What?”
“I don’t like repeating myself,” she answered.
Velent scowled at her. “No. We didn’t.”
“I figured as much. When I heard the horns, I thought for sure you or one of your warriors had slipped up and gotten caught.”
He spat at her feet. “Please. You aren’t half of what my weakest warrior is. I thought you had messed up down there.”
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