Chapter 2
CavesThey walked until it the sun disappeared and dusk began to fall and then Fero called a halt.
'I think we're probably safe enough for now,' he told them. 'We've seen no sign of pursuit for several hours so we'll take a rest. We'll probably be able to stay here until dawn, then we'll see if we can backtrack and find out what's happened to Carthinal, Randa and the others. No fire though,' he warned them. 'Anyone searching would see the smoke. We have little food anyway, just what we took with us for the exercise, so we've nothing to cook. We must try to conserve our water supplies, too, until we can find some more. I only took a couple of water skins, what about the rest of you?'
They each placed what they had in a pile. They had seven water skins between them. Fero noticed
