Chapter 9
DragonWhen Jheg arrived in the crater to tell the friends of the new decision of the council, Thadora jumped around.
'When can we go,' she exclaimed. 'The sooner the better. I'm fed up with these bleeding caves.'
'Not until Bramble can walk properly, Thadora,' Fero told her. 'He's getting better quickly, thanks to Asphodel.'
At last the day arrived for Asphodel and the others to depart from the City. They packed their meagre belongings and said their farewells to the city Councillors and the few friends they had made.
Nhid would accompany them as a guide to show them the way out. They agreed they would leave by a different exit from the one through which they had entered, as they may still be being sought in the mountains near where they had inadvertently stumbled into the
