CHAPTER NINE MIRA It seemed like only seconds later when a knock on the door woke me up. “Yes?” “It looks like they may be coming soon,” one of Bavrana’s guards spoke through the closed door. Réni and Shéna were both asleep, they must have come in while I was sleeping. “Thank you, I’ll be right there.” I pulled my boots on and stepped out of the wagon. It looked like Mooren had let me sleep past midnight. He was right where I had last seen him, and I went to stand next to him. “Why didn’t you wake me earlier?” I asked him. “I knocked,” he said. “When you didn’t answer I figured you needed the sleep.” I looked at him suspiciously. “How loud did you knock?” He just grinned and pointed across the field. “We saw some motion over there a few minutes ago. I think they’re getting ready.

