Mallory barely managed to hide a smile. “It might be too tough for us.”
“There are five of us for now,” Danae said.
“I do need to reach Surith before too much longer,” the wagoner said.
“We can always come back this way,” Ryan said.
Mallory got comfortable again. “I suppose so.”
Danae sighed heavily. “I would have really liked to go on that quest.”
“You don’t have to go straight home, do you?” Brodie asked. “There’s time before you have to turn up at your academy.”
Danae’s expression brightened momentarily. “No, I should go there as soon as I can. There are always hold ups along the way. Look at how my journey was originally postponed.”
Mallory’s eyes closed as the conversation between Danae and Brodie drifted over her. A paw patted her cheek and she half opened her eyes to see Sm
