Beattie quickly stomped her foot down on mine as a signal to keep my mouth shut, and I literally bit my tongue to hold it. No wonder these jerks had stolen the village quipus; they had no respect for anything but their own conquests.
“Have you guys been here before?” Beattie asked, trying to redirect the conversation to something that would actually be useful to us.
Wilamena looked at Marcus.
“It’s hard to tell, but this does look kind of familiar. But then, all these villages look alike,” he said and laughed.
I glared at him but kept my mouth shut.
“You know, now that you say that,” Delaney said, “I do think we were here before. Isn’t this where we found—”
Wilamena knocked her knee against his. “I don’t think so, Del. Pretty sure this is a new place.”
Del looked at her but then nod
