9
TO VALLEY EDGE
Tome came back not long before dawn, or so Yim said and, after resting for a few hours, had agreed to take Thordric back to Valley Edge.
Feeling as though his muscles had turned to stone and his eyelids had frozen shut, Thordric found his way out of the room they’d given him and went back through the caves to where Tome was waiting.
This time he had chosen to disguise himself as the inspector again, though, Thordric noted wryly, he must have taken it from the inspector’s appearance some years ago, as it was missing the great blossom of grey hairs that had started to appear recently.
Thordric was sure it was all his sisters’ doing. He knew that when his mother wasn’t around, the inspector had no control over them at all, even if he used the Toddlers Instant Calming Pow
