Chapter 32
Something strange was happening to Herrith. Even as Isika and the others made plans to run and intercept the king, he found his mind drifting, daydreaming. Flashes of memories floated in front of him like cobwebs. Herrith tried to wave them away, but they tangled in his hair, in his eyebrows, around his shoulders.
But when Jabari said Herrith should wait at the village with Mara, Herrith woke up enough to refuse.
"I'll come,” he insisted. “I may be behind you, but I'll get there." Fortunately, the Karee prince had enough respect for Herrith to agree. And Isika saw his side, too, because she loved Aria as he did.
Herrith needed to be there when Aria came with her army. He had to greet his new, strong daughter.
He started off running with the others, but it wasn't long before
