Lady Ghia Lihin
Jourd'Aradia, 7th Decima
Ghia woke to bright, dappled sunlight on her face, filtered through the treetops above. She was cold but not freezing; she rested against the broad trunk of a stalwart oak, sandwiched between her snoring wife and Thadea, sleeping so peacefully she appeared dead. At their feet smoldered the remains of a fire -- Jules must have stayed up half the night to keep that going. A few feet away rested what looked like a pile of kindling, standing upright against another oak -- but she knew it was Rosa.
She could see their escape route from the mountain -- a conspicuous hole in the rock. Not much of a secret exit, unless it had been camouflaged before their exit.
She still wasn't sure what had happened, but she had some guesses. The Briony Thadea had ment
