Chapter 19
NOT LONG AFTER Loriane and Ontane’s family passed the barrier, the road grew wider and rutted with tracks. Pools of muddy water covered the road in places, making passage difficult and messy.
Tandor sat unmoving and rigid, atop his camel, and Ruko lay, still unconscious, over the luggage in the cart. Neither had shown any sign of waking up, although Tandor’s face twisted in awful grimaces at times, as if he was trying to say something. Loriane hated seeing it, but after a few times, she ignored the horrible faces; they were probably just caused by muscle spasms.
Ontane led the camel. Dara and Myra walked behind, with Loriane following.
The going was slow.
The camel could not be shooed to go any faster. Loriane suspected that the animal was tired. On top of that, the tracks
